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GAS COUNCIL

Coat of arms (crest) of Gas Council

Official blazon

Official blazon
English

Arms : Sable, three flames of fire proper; on a bordure Or twelve annulets gules.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, A dragon rampant gules holding in the dexter fore claw a torch erect Or enflamed proper.
Supporters: On either side an owl proper charged on the shoulder with an ogress, thereon a flame of fire also proper.
Motto: In libertate consilium

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 3, 1950.

The black ground or sable represents the coal and the earth from which the gas comes, the flames coming out represent the gas, on the borders there are 12 red or guise annulments representing the 12 individual Area Gas Boards, the owls represent Minerva, the goddess of counsel, the dragon crest holding a torch represents the Council's interest in education and research.


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