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-{|width="100%" style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;"
+{| class="wikitable"
-|width="15%"|[[File:United Kingdom.jpg|50 px|left]]
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic heraldry of the [[United Kingdom]] > [[Channel Islands]]'''
+|[[File:guernsey.jpg|350 px|center|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-|width="15%"|[[File:United Kingdom.jpg|50 px|right]]
+|
-|}<seo title="(Coat of arms/crest)" titlemode="append" keywords="Crest, Arms, Coat of Arms, Heraldry" />
+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''' :
+* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
+** England
+*** [[Channel Islands]]
+<br>
+{{#display_map:49.4534,-2.5776|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
+|}
-'''GUERNSEY'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| blazon wanted
+|}
-[[File:guernsey.jpg|center]]
+===Official blazon===
+Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure.
-====Origin/meaning====
+===Origin/meaning===
 The arms are those of the Kingdom of England and of Normandy. The arms are identical to those used by [[Jersey]] (except for the small leaf on top of the Guernsey arms).
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 The continued use of the royal arms was granted after a long discussion in 1907, but the arms were not officially granted to the islands.
-{|align="center"
+Guernsey is divided into 12 parishes, none of which uses arms.
-|align="center"|[[File:gg-c1.jpg|center|350 px]] <br/>The arms on a coin from 1885
-|align="center"|[[File:guernsey.fau.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a Faulkner +/- 1905
+* [[Guernsey (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Guernsey]]
-|-
-|align="center"|[[File:guernesey.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
-|}
-Guernsey is divided into 12 parishes, none of which uses arms.
+===Image gallery===
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
+File:gg-z1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The original seal of Guernsey
+File:gg-c1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The arms on a coin from 1885
+File:guernsey.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The arms as used on a Faulkner +/- 1905
+File:guernesey.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
+</gallery>
-*[[Guernsey (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Guernsey]]
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:
+Bretton, 1955.
+{{uk}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] : Bretton, no year.
 [[Category:Channel Islands]]