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UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Country: United Kingdom
Campus/location : Birmingham
Official blazon
Per chevron, the chief per pale gules and azure, in dexter a lion rampant with two heads, in sinister a mermaid holding in the dexter hand a mirror and in the sinister a comb Or, the base sable charged with an open book proper, with two buckles and straps and edges of the third, inscribed "Per ardua ad alta".
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on August 27, 1900.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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The arms can be seen on the campus, with the arms of Sir Josiah Mason, who in 1875 founded Mason Science College, the university's predecessor; and the arms of Lord Calthorpe, who gifted the land which now forms the campus:
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