Our heraldic item today isn't a true coat of arms; it's a non-heraldry amalgam of two different coats of arms.
The item seen here is a quasi-heraldic decoration of a ceiling boss, an ornamental, projecting keystone or knob located where the ribs of a vaulted ceiling or roof beams intersect.
And what they have done to decorate this ceiling boss is to take elements from the coat of arms of Bavaria and from the coat of arms of the city of Munich, and combine them!
Because it is quasi-heraldic, using real heraldic items, I'm even willing to attempt a blazon: Per chevron throughout ployé paly bendy argent and azure (for Bavaria), and gules a monk's head and shoulders facing dexter proper hooded sable (for Munich).
The ployé in the blazon denotes that the line of division (in this case, per chevron) is "bent", or curved.
Anyway, I thought it was an interest combination of two different coats of arms to (1) decorate a ceiling (2) located in Munich, Germany, which is in the state of Bavaria.
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