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'''Country''' : France [[File:france.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Département''' : [[Ardennes]][[File:Ardennes.jpg|60 px|right]] | |||
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Coupé: au 1er de gueules au sautoir d'or, au fusil du même brochant en pal, la gâchette à dextre, au 2e d'azur à trois tours d'or, maçonnées de sable, ajourées du champ, celle du milieu ouverte d'argent, celles des flancs ouvertes du champ, rangées et posées sur une terrasse de sinople. | |+Official blazon | ||
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| Coupé: au 1er de gueules au sautoir d'or, au fusil du même brochant en pal, la gâchette à dextre, au 2e d'azur à trois tours d'or, maçonnées de sable, ajourées du champ, celle du milieu ouverte d'argent, celles des flancs ouvertes du champ, rangées et posées sur une terrasse de sinople. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 6, 1698, again on March 24, 1703 and confirmed on October 16, 1817. | The arms were officially granted on June 6, 1698, again on March 24, 1703 and confirmed on October 16, 1817. | ||
The arms may be decorated with the French War Cross 1914-1918. | The arms may be decorated with the French War Cross 1914-1918. | ||
The arms combine the old arms of Givet and the arms of the Charlemont fortress next to the village. | |||
The gun refers to the important military past of the town and its fortress. The three towers are the Victoire, Grégoire and Maugis towers in the town. | The gun refers to the important military past of the town and its fortress. The three towers are the Victoire, Grégoire and Maugis towers in the town. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:givet1.jpg|alt=Blason de Givet/Arms (crest) of Givet|The arms of Givet by Hozier, 1696 | |||
| | File:Charlemont.jpg|alt=Blason de Charlemont/Arms (crest) of Charlemont|The arms of Charlemont by Hozier, 1696 | ||
File:Givet-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Givet/Arms (crest) of Givet|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:givet.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Givet/Arms (crest) of Givet|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:givet2.jpg|alt=Blason de Givet/Arms (crest) of Givet|The arms in the town (image Derek Howard) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Image taken from http://http://www.armorialdefrance.fr/ | |||
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[[Category:French Municipalities G]] | [[Category:French Municipalities G]] |
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