Gustaf von Numers

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name = Gustaf von Numers


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birth_date = birth date|1912|7|31|mf=y
birth_place = flagicon|Finland Kangasala, Finland
death_date = death date and age|1978|5|21|1912|7|31|mf=y
death_place = flagicon|Finland Helsinki, Finland
occupation = heraldic artist
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Gustaf von Numers (July 31, 1912 – May 21, 1978) was a Finland-Swedish civil servant and leading heraldic artist.

Life

Von Numers studied heraldry in the 1930s under Arvid Berghman and was considered one of the leading Finnish experts in the area. He was a tireless writer on all heraldic matters. Together with colleagues in the field, he contributed to the initiation of the parliamentary law on communal coats of arms in 1949. Von Numers designed several communal coats of arms (including the Coat of arms of Jakobstad), military banners and personal and family heraldic signs. Von Numers was a founding member of the [http://www.heraldica.fi/ Finnish Heraldic Society] and its first chairman (1957 – 1964), as well as a member of the International Heraldic Academy "(Académie Internationale d'Héraldique)" at its founding in 1949.

The playwright writer Gustaf von Numers was a distant relative to him.

Prix Gustaf von Numers

In 1982, the international award "Gustav von Numers Prize for heraldic art and design" was created in memory of Gustaf von Numers. It is awarded to individuals for their merits in heraldic design and art.