The Krohn coat of arms is registered in Germany in several periods through the latest 500 years. The oldest version is dated in year 1470. The writing is old german and reads "better a small master then a large servant ".

Siebmachers Wappenbuch - a very large encylopedia of German coat of arms through the centuries, keeps it registered - and shown - both in the old version and also registered in 17th century in the Prussian area.

The registration is under the name Krohn or Krahn = which is similar - Krahn is the old German name for the bird crane - the letter a was in north Germany pronounced as a letter o - and so came the change.

The figure on it is a crane with one feet lifted in which it holds a stone = this is has the symbolic meaning of “Vigilance" and is earliest described so by Aristotle's in Historia Animalium - in the ancient Greek. - its told when the crane fell asleep it would loose the stone over the other foot and therefore wake up again.

Folklore has it that originaly we were called VON CRANICH in ca. 1300AD. We were RAUBRITTER in den bezirk Brandenburg, and even to day there is a town called KROHN west of Berlin. Our crest has a Knight helmet with 2 red and 1 silver feathers in the center. Surrounded by ostrich feathers red and blue back ground with a crown ... ROYALTY

The Cranes mating sound... ...K-Rohn (not kay-rohn) hence the name Krohn

Scull and cross bones... (Raub Ritter= Robbing Knights...In folks saga.)

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