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Siebmachers Wappenbuch

Hey kiddo! Have you ever heard of Siebmachers Wappenbuch? It's a fancy German book that has pictures of coats of arms.

Now, coats of arms are like special symbols that families used to use to show who they were. They would put them on their shields when they went into battle or on their flags to show off their special symbol.

Well, Siebmacher was a guy who really liked these coats of arms and wanted to collect them all. So, he made a big book with lots of pages and started drawing pictures of all the coats of arms he could find.

He drew coats of arms for everyone from kings and queens to regular people. He even drew some for animals like lions!

Today, people still use Siebmachers Wappenbuch to study coats of arms and learn about their history. It's like a big treasure trove of information about different symbols and families.

So, that's Siebmachers Wappenbuch in a nutshell! It's a really cool book full of pictures of special symbols that people used to use to show who they were.