1930s Stained Glass Roundel Windows Featuring Monk City Coat of Arms in Munich

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These windows were salvaged out of a historic old building in Los Angeles. It is incredibly rare for real roundel … more These windows were salvaged out of a historic old building in Los Angeles. It is incredibly rare for real roundel windows to surface that aren't just cut glass and have been preserved for over 50 years. These are the REAL DEAL! To say the pictures do not do these windows justice is absolutely an understatement. These colors compliment each other remarkably well. They are so bright and vibrant. I can't imagine a window with any more character than these. We were able to salvage three windows with different subject matter but identical to one another. If you are looking for a statement piece to awe your neighbors and seriously add character to your home, THESE ARE THE WINDOWS! These are original 1920's -1930's windows, we believe they could actually be from Germany due to the German translations on the other two. Would fit perfectly into a Spanish, Tudor, gothic, or storybook home.

This symbol has been the coat-of-arms of Munich since the 13th century. The figure portrayed was originally a monk (or friar) holding a Bible, but by the 16th century it evolved in different portrayals into the figure of a small child wearing a pointed hood, often shown holding a beer mug and a radish. It has been theorized that the name for the city of Munich (München in German) comes from the term Kloster von Mönchen or "Cloister for Monks" due to the Imperial Abbey of Tegernsee--a Benedictine Monastery near which the original town of Munich was built.

The image in its different configurations has appeared on countless different objects, from atop the city hall in Munich to manhole covers and even beer steins. The gender of the figure has also changed over the years: from a clearly male, to a gender-neutral child, to a small girl. Nowadays when the kindl is portrayed by a person - for instance, as a mascot for Oktoberfest. less