Unusual Forms
When the partition lines form four L-shapes, the field is blazoned quarterly en equerre (viz. "framing square", German Winkelmaßschnitt).
A number of divisions are unique to German heraldry, including per bend... broken in the form of a linden leaf.
The arms of the former Republic of Bophuthatswana were "per fess (at nombril point)" (lower than the regular per fess division; the "nombril point" is halfway between the fess point — the exact middle of the field — and the base point, at the bottom centre of the field).
The arms of the French department of Côtes d'Armor show émanché, which is shown in this case as equivalent to the English per fess dancetty of two full points upwards.
The arms of Mpumalanga Province in South Africa show per bend sinister, inclined in the flanks per fess.
The arms of the White Workers Union in South Africa are blazoned Per chevron inverted extended Argent and Gules, in chief a pile Sable charged with two chevronels respectively Argent and Or.
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