Hand
Fr. Main

Gu a dexter hand apaumé couped at the wrist erect

The hand is variously borne in heraldry and must be blazoned to define its position, eg, whether it is the dexter or sinister hand and whether it is erect or grasping some object. A hand may be couped and an open hand is blazoned apaumé  

A dexter hand apaumé  couped at the wrist, and reversed

A hand issuing from a maunch.

A hand issuing from a human heart, holding a book, etc.

Hand in hand, or a faith, as borne in the arms of the Amicable Society, a life assurance company which later merged with the Norwich Union.