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BUREAU OF HERALDRY
Official blazon
- (af)
Wapen: In blou, drie skildjies van goud, geplaas 2 en 1, en 'n goue skildhoof belaai met die Suid-Afrikaanse leeu (te wete, die leeu soos voorgestel in die helmtekens van die Wapen van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika).
Helmteken: Op 'n wrong van goud en blou, 'n proteatak et drie blomkoppe en blare, alles van natuurlike kleur.
Wrong en Dekklede: Goud en blou.
Heroutstawe: Die voorstelling as geheel geplaas oor twee skuinsgekruiste heroutstawe van goud.
Wapenspreuk: ARMORUM INSIGNIUMQUE CUSTOS
- (en)
Arms: Azure, three escutcheons Or, placed two and one, and on a chief Or the South African lion (to wit, the lion as presented in the crest of the coat of arms of the Republic of South Africa).
Crest: On a wreath Or and Azure, a branch of Protea containing three flower-heads and leaves, all proper.
Wreath and mantling: Or and Azure.
Batons: he representation as a whole superimposed on two batons placed in saltire, Or.
Motto: ARMORUM INSIGNIUMQUE CUSTOS
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 26, 1966.
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