page_title: Star (heraldry)
hierarchical_section_title: Star (heraldry)
caption_attribution_description: Jacob Koebel (Vorrede): Wapen. Des Heyligen Römischen Reichs Teutscher nation. Gedruckt bei Cyriacus Jacob (evtl. auch Herausgeber/Autor), Frankfurt am Main 1545, Holzschnitte von Jacob Kallenberg. Zu Angaben zur Tingierung (Farbgebung) der Wappen siehe das Register ab Bild Nr. 165. Mastricht (Maastricht)
context_page_description: In heraldry, the term star may refer to any star-shaped charge with any number of rays, which may appear straight or wavy, and may or may not be pierced. While there has been much confusion between the two due to their similar shape, a star with straight-sided rays is usually called a mullet while one with wavy rays is usually called an estoile.
  While a mullet may have any number of points, it is presumed to have five unless otherwise specified in the blazon, and pierced mullets are common; estoiles, however, are presumed to have six rays and had not been found pierced. In Scottish heraldry, an estoile is the same as in English heraldry, but it has been said that mullet refers only to a mullet pierced, while one that is not pierced is called a star.
context_section_description: In heraldry, the term star may refer to any star-shaped charge with any number of rays, which may appear straight or wavy, and may or may not be pierced. While there has been much confusion between the two due to their similar shape, a star with straight-sided rays is usually called a mullet while one with wavy rays is usually called an estoile.
  While a mullet may have any number of points, it is presumed to have five unless otherwise specified in the blazon, and pierced mullets are common; estoiles, however, are presumed to have six rays and (as of 1909) had not been found pierced.  In Scottish heraldry, an estoile is the same as in English heraldry, but it has been said that mullet refers only to a mullet pierced (also called a spur revel), while one that is not pierced is called a star.
caption: 1545 depiction of the flag of the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands (gules, a six-pointed mullet, argent)
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