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Azure, two matchlocks rifles proper in saltire.
Željko Heimer, 13 November 2000,
Christopher Southworth, 5 October 2008
The artifacts on the Büchslen coat of arms and flag are rifles (or carbines).
The somewhat old German term Büchse (but still used by hunters) means a rifle,
so this community bears canting arms.
Emil Dreyer, 5 October 2008