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THERE ARE SEVERAL COAT OF ARMS KNOWN FOR GARZA. ONE OF THEM IS THE QUARTERED COAT OF ARMS ON THE OLD STONE WALL OF THE TORRE DE GARZA IN GALICIA. IT REPRESENTS THE FOUR ARMS OF THE FAMILIES UNITED BY MARRIAGE BEING OF THE QUIROGA, VALLADARES, SARMIENTO, AND GARZA. THE 1ST QUARTER OF THE COAT, THAT OF GARZA, HAS A CASTLE, AND COMING OUT OF A WINDOW IN THE RAMPARTS IS AN ARM IN ARMOR WITH A HAND HOLDING A PIKE OR LANCE. BUT THE HERALDIST DO NOT KNOW THE COLORS OF THE COAT.
SOME OF THE GARZAS OF GUIPUZCOA IN BURGOS HAVE A COAT OF SILVER, WITH A OAK TREE WITH GOLD FRUIT, AND A BEAR AT THE TRUNK. IT HAS A RED BORDER AND EIGHT GOLD SOTUER CROSSES.
THE GARZAS OF SOUTH AMERICA USE THE COAT GIVEN TO ADELANTADO RODRIGO GARZO DE QUIROGA, RECORDED AT CONCEPCION IN JULY OF 1574. IT IS QUARTERED, PART ONE IS SILVER WITH A GREEN TREE AND A WOLF AT THE TRUNK, PART 2 IS GOLD WITH A RED CASTLE, PART 3 IS RED WITH THREE GOLD PALOS OR VERTICAL BANDS, AND PART FOUR IS ALSO RED WITH TWO GOLD LIZARDS UNITED BY A GOLD BAND. THE COAT OF ARMS FOR GARZA DEPICTED BY THE SPANISH HISTORY MUSEUM IS THAT BY ATIENZA, COMING FROM BURGOS AND GUIPUZCOA ALSO. THE COAT IS DIVIDED VERTICALLY IN HALF, THE LEFT SIDE IS BLUE A COLOR FROM THE PERSIANS AND ARABIAN MOORS. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL COLOR TO THE MEDIEVAL PEOPLE AND REMINDED THEM OF THE SKY, SAPPHIRE, VENUS, AND STEEL. IN THE SPANISH HERALDRY BLUE STOOD FOR THE SENSE OF JUSTICE, PERSEVERANCE,SWIFTNESS, AND LOYALTY OF THIS KNIGHT. HE WAS ALSO GIVEN USE OF THIS COLOR FOR HIS TRAPPINGS AND EQUIPMENT, AND HAVING BLUE THEREBY BOUND HIM TO ALWAYS SUPPORT THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICE TO GOD AND KING. ON THE BLUE SIDE IS A GOLD HERON THE VERY CREATURE FOR WHICH THESE PEOPLE ARE NAMED~~GARZA. BIRDS ON A COAT OF ARMS ARE SYMBOLS OF A ACTIVE AND FREE LIFE, OF SWIFTNESS, AND NIMBLENESS. THE HERON IS PEACEFUL, GRACEFUL, AND REGAL. IT IS COLORED GOLD TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THE VIRTUES OF JUSTICE, MERCY, GENEROSITY, SOLIDNESS IN COMBAT, AND THE SERIOUSNESS IN DUTY OF THIS CABALLERO AS REQUIRED BY THE CODES OF SPANISH CHIVALRY, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COAT IS SILVER OR WHITE, WHICH STANDS FOR THE MOON, PEARL, WATER, AND THE ROBES OF CHRIST.
SILVER OR WHITE SYMBOLIZED THE HUMILITY, PURITY, TEMPERANCE, HONESTY, AND ELOQUENCE OF A SPANISH CRUSADER. THOSE GRANTED THE COLOR WHITE WERE OBLIGED TO BE THE FIRST TO DEFEND DAMSELS AND SUPPORT ORPHANS.ON THE WHITE SIDE ARE SIX BLUE ROELES OR DISKS PLACED IN TWO ROWS IN PALO POSITION.THE ROLELES INDICATE A MAN WHO WAS IN THE CRUSADES WHO RISKED HIS LIFE AND GAVE HIS BLOOD FOR CHRISTIANITY. THEY ARE PLACED IN PALO POSITION, VERTICAL AND UPRIGHT LIKE THAT OF A KNIGHTS'S LANCE, FLAG OR TENT POLE, SHOWING HIS AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION.
THE ROELES OR DISKS ARE COLORED BLUE TO COMPLEMENT THE BLUE SIDE WITH THE HERON AND TO EMPHASIZE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUSTICE, VIGILANCE, AND LOYALTY OF THE GARZA HERE HONORED.
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