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'''Crest:''' <br>
The '''crest as a whole''' is a representation of the armigers love for History and Art as well as a metaphor for the history of the
Jewish people that were slaves in Egypt and will be glorious once the messiah' arrives. The use of a '''hat''' is an attempt from the armiger to make the arms appear more Germanic, this also directly references the arms used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Good Filips de Goede], the Duke of Burgundy as found in the [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55009806h/f306.item ''Armorial équestre de la Toison d'or'' f.149v], the dukedom of Burgundy being a transition between Germanic and French culture, deeply influenced by the lowlands just like the armiger.<br>
The '''Phrygian cap''' is a symbol of France and of the armiger's passion for History. Also, it is a symbol of Freedom. the use of a soft conic-shaped hat is also in reference to the infamous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_hat 'Jewish hat'] as a way to reclaim a symbol of the Jews of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenaz Ashkenaz] to make it a symbol of Jewish pride. <br>
The '''crown of laurels''' stands for honour and glory and alludes to the antic subject in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_art academic arts of the XVIIIth century]. The laurel also aims to bring a certain mediterraneanism to the coat of arms, reminder to the armiger that, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenaz Ashkenaz] is his exile and that he and his people belong in the land of their ancestor by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shephelah Shephelah], the other lowlands, ''(Deuteronomy 1:7)''.
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