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The Coat-of-Arms as confirmed for the Counts of Sponeck/Sponneck created such in August, 1701 and incorporating the original von Hedwiger Arms, 1st Quartering (Gold Lion in Red Shield) from the 12th Century. (Notice the 2nd Quartering 'fish' in 'silver stream' representing the Danube River and the 'star' and 'moon' as icons of the Turks related to the noble deed of Balthazar v Hedwiger 1529 as related above).
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