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Striped Shield: In the chronicle by Petrus of Ebulo dating from 
1194/97, the knights who take  Richard I (Lionheart) captive, bear 
shields with horizontal bars ("gules a fess argent"). The first 
evidence for this design being used in the  coat of arms of an 
Austrian duke is a seal of Duke Friedrich II on a document for 
Lilienfeld (Lower Austria) dating from November 30, 1230. After that, 
the striped (or barred) shield was used by the Austrian dukes, 
including Přemysl  Otakar II, as their coat of arms, instead 
of the one-headed eagle which has become known as the symbol of 
"Neu-Oesterreich" since Rudolf IV, as opposed to the coat of arms 
showing five eagles ("Alt-Oesterreich"). The Lower Austrian Estates 
also used both coats of arms. In 1804, the striped shield became the 
centre of the coat of arms of the Austrian monarchy; in 1919, the  
Red-White-Red colour combination was adopted for the flag of the 
newly-founded Republic and combined with the one-headed eagle in the 
Austrian national coat of arms.

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The origin of the barred shield is not clear, the legend that it 
originated during the siege of Acre was first told in the late 
14%%sup th/%  century in "Oesterreichs Chronik von den 95 
Herrschaften" (Austrian Chronicle of the 95 domains) by L. 
Stainreuter.

!Literature
F. Gall, Oesterreichische Wappenkunde, 1977.


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