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In Switzerland, having a coat of arms did not necessarily mean that you were of the noble class.  It was very common for most citizens to have their own coat of arms regardless of the class.  Here a website for the Canton of Basel-Landschaft with many family coats of arms. [http://www.baselland.ch/Familienwappen.309588.0.html Basel coat of arms]  
In Switzerland, having a coat of arms did not necessarily mean that you were of the noble class.  It was very common for most citizens to have their own coat of arms regardless of the class.  Here a website for the Canton of Basel-Landschaft with many family coats of arms. [http://www.baselland.ch/Familienwappen.309588.0.html Basel coat of arms]  


[http://www.staatsarchiv.lu.ch/familienwappen.htm Lucerne coat of arms]   
[https://staatsarchiv.lu.ch/recherche/familienwappen Lucerne coat of arms]   
 
[http://www.sta.be.ch/sta/de/index/staatsarchiv/staatsarchiv/familienwappen.html Bern coat of arms]
 
[http://www.gl.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d1256/d33/d106/d107/f1732.cfm Glarus coat of arms]
 
[http://www.nw.ch/de/portrait/portraitwappen/familienwappen/ Nidwalden coat of arms]
 
[http://www.ow.ch/de/kanton/portrait/portraitwappen/familienwappen/ Obwalden coat of arms]
 
 


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