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{{uk}} | {{uk}}''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1698.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
* (1600) | |||
'''Arms''': Azure, three ships with three masts, rigged and under full sail, the sails, pennants and ensigns Argent, each charged with a cross Gules; on a chief of the second a pale quarterly Azure and Gules, on the 1st and 4th a fleur de lys, in the 2nd and 3rd a lion passant guardant Or, between two roses Gules, seeded Or, barbed Vert.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': A sphere without a frame, bound with the zodiac in bend Or, between two split pennons flotant Argent, each charged in chief with a cross Gules, over the sphere these words: DEUS INDICAT.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''': Two sea lions Or, the tails proper.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': DEO DUCENTE NIL NOCET | |||
*(1698) | |||
'''Arms''': | '''Arms''': Argent a cross Gules in the dexter chief quarter an escutcheon of the arms of France and England quarterly the shield ornamented and regally crowned Or.<br> | ||
'''Crest''': A lion rampant guardant Or supporting between the forepaws a regal crown proper.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''': Two lions rampant guardant Or each supporting a banner erect Argent charegd with a cross Gules.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on | The arms were officially granted in 1698. | ||
The arms show the cross of St. George, the patron saint of England, and the arms of the King. | |||
The arms have been used until the dissolution of the company in 1874. | |||
{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}t1.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The full arms on a coin for Sumatra, 1804 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}c1.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The full arms on a coin from around 1819 | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}c2.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The small arms on a coin from around 1819 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}c3.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a coin from 1835 | |||
|} | |||
The previous arms were officially granted on February 4, 1600. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
{{missing}} | {{missing}} | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : image from https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
image from https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ ; http://www.rode-leeuw.nl/ | |||
[[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1600]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1698]] | |||