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Actually many nations (Austria included) had different flags and shields, so my thought was that the flag was a symbol for the country (bear+snow) and the shield a symbol for the royal line (bear+colors)
Else I got it from BJ when he made a few Aberration/Egufsm shields for me.
But if you want similar on shield I'd suggest this source -