Silver
Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin "", derived from the Proto-Indo-European "h₂erǵ": "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.
Alterkülz
The red and silver checkerboard pattern in the lower half of the escutcheon refers to the village’s former allegiance to the “Hinder” County of Sponheim and the "Amt" of Kastellaun. As early as 1283, Alterkülz was being mentioned in a few Sponheim documents ("cule", "kultze"). The charge here, the hammer and sledge, recall the iron ore mining that was undertaken at the Grube Eid (mine) from 1780 (as it is established in historical records) until the First World War. The ears of wheat stand for agriculture, once every villager’s occupation. Many lordships were enfeoffed here, the Sponheims, the Koppensteins, the Hunolsteins and the Bourscheids. The springing billygoat represents the outlying centre of Wehr, where the "Wehrer Bick" live, "Bick" being a local form of the German "Böcke" (“bucks”, “male animals”, and thus in this case, “billygoats”). The billygoat also graces the new town hall’s roof.