More research on the blackamoor symbolism in European heraldry and religious context reveals much more complexity. Apparantly much of this has to do with St.Maurice the soldier saint and Black patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Ethiopian Prester John.
In addition to the See of Freising previously mentioned from Southern Germany, is the seal of the Palitinate city of Lauingen in Bavaria which is a golden crowned blackamoor head . In describing symbolism of this kind with Christian associations, it is noted that a symbol or device presented in three's alludes to the three nails of the Crucifixion.
These additional findings seem to plausibly add support to the southern German probability of this early 17th century arming sword with this symbolism with crowned blackamoor heads of regional significance.
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