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...International Heraldic Institute's letter to Gordon Ickes states that the name Ickes is found in ancient records under various forms-Icke, Ike, Icken, Iken, Ihk, Ihken, Itzken, Itken, Ickel, Ickels, Ickes-and that these are all to be found in Heintze-Cascorbi's Die Deutschen Familiennamen, Berlin, 1933. The upper half of the shield is silver with a gold crescent on the breast of the black "demi eagle." The lower half of the shield is red, the trefoils silver. The eagle sticking out its tongue denotes divine power, the crescent shows participation in crusades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 5, 1941 | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

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