Crowdsourcing! Pay 100,- € for a Coat of Arms

This website is called gartnerich.com because it belongs to the Gartner family. And we Gartners are noble – well, sort of… That’s not particularly spectacular because as long as you don’t have a “von” in your name (or even better, a “Graf”), it doesn’t really mean much. However, there is one thing you get: A coat of arms! Our coat of arms looks like this:

Our patent of nobility dates from 15.11.1699 and describes the coat of arms approximately as follows:

…Noble coat of arms to be used eternally and graciously granted and allowed to be carried as follows: “a quartered shield, whose rear lower and front upper fields are divided into three equal bars, the rear and front are white, but the middle is red; from the front lower to the rear upper corner cut through with a slanting stripe, which is red in the white and white in the red, on each elongated white bar one on the red two hexagonal golden stars, but in the slanting stripe in the red a white and in the white a red rose can be seen. Front lower and rear upper fields, divided in the middle transversely so that the lower part is yellow or gold-colored, but the upper is blue or azure, and in the lower part on a green three-peaked hill a brown horse standing upright ready to leap, saddled with a flying bridle, in the rear upper part a standing griffin appears on a likewise hilled hill, blue or azure from bottom to middle, but yellow or gold-colored in the upper part, with open wings, red protruding tongue and holding a curved saber by the hilt with the right front claw, but holding the tip with the left claw. In the middle of the quartering a white or silver-colored crowned heart shield, in which a miner with brown beard and hair, dressed in a tight red tunic and on the head with a Hungarian drooping cap, with the brim, and the belt, buttons, and tunic lapel white or silver-colored, placing the left hand on the hip, but in the right holding a miner’s step, from which two green palm branches, surrounded by a laurel wreath, emerge. On the shield a free, noble tournament helmet with surrounding jewels etc. etc.”

Now I would like to use the coat of arms – or something similar to it. However, I only found a small photo in our family history. Moreover, the coat of arms is quite ornate; I would prefer something simpler, more streamlined. Therefore, the following call:

Here are the rules:

• The coat of arms must please me – so much that I use it. In other words: If I use it, I pay.
• Only the coat of arms that I like best will be rewarded.
• I get all usage rights to the coat of arms. This means, among other things, that the artist has granted all rights because they own them.
• Explicitly again: It is a truly self-developed work, nothing copied.
• I will definitely wait until the end of April, not necessarily longer.

The technical requirements:

• One or more PSD files must be delivered.
• It should be usable both large and small, or include variants for large and small use. An example of large use would be a print on the back of a T-shirt. A small use would be on a golf ball.

And here are a few bullet points with hints about what I like (or don’t):

• I imagine the modernization to be less ornate in detail.
• It can be quirky, but not disheveled.
• You don’t have to stay true to the model, omissions are allowed. However, it should still be reminiscent of the Gartner coat of arms.
• Example uses for the coat of arms would be
• On the flag of our bike trailer (size approx. DIN A4)
• On T-shirts or polos, large on the back or small on the sleeve.
• On this website.
• On golf balls or skis.
• I’m sure I’ll think of more…

Now it’s your turn. I’m curious to see what comes in – and if anything comes in at all…

Good night, – Till.