Guillaume-Henri Dufour from Switzerland

This emblem from Geneva, is assigned to the general Guillaume-Henri Dufour, that reduced the Swiss cantons' revolt in 1847.

It represents the military strength: the red of the right field shows strength and the impetus; the silvery (here in grey) on the left field indicates serenity and nobility. A star of gold (in blue) and two knight axes crossed decorate the escutcheon.

The lineage of Guillaume-Henri Dufour is specially present in Switzerland.

Dufourspitze (in German), Pointe Dufour (in French) or Punta Dufour (in Italian), is located in the Pennine Alps, near the watershed between Italy and Switzerland, on the Italian side. Some consider it the highest mountain of Switzerland and the peak is the high point of the Monte Rosa massif, being surrounded by the  Nordend, Silbersattel, Grenzsattel and Signalkuppe subpeaks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mountain is named after Guillaume-Henri Dufour—a Swiss engineer and army officer who led the Sonderbund campaign—following the completion of the Dufourkarten, a series of military topographical maps created under the command of Dufour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dufourspitze