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D'argent à la croix haussée d'azur, semée de fleurs de lis, fleurdelisée et sommée d'une couronne royale d'or, accostée en pointe de deux shakos de Saint-Cyrien affrontés au naturel. | D'argent à la croix haussée d'azur, semée de fleurs de lis, fleurdelisée et sommée d'une couronne royale d'or, accostée en pointe de deux shakos de Saint-Cyrien affrontés au naturel. | ||
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Until the late 17<sup>th</sup> century Saint-Cyr was a small hamlet on the Versailles Estate. In 1685 Madame de Maintenon, a courtier of King Louis XIV founded a school in the hamlet, thereby changing the name (Ecole=school). The symbol of the school forms the main element in the arms; a golden cross with the royal fleur-de-lis. | Until the late 17<sup>th</sup> century Saint-Cyr was a small hamlet on the Versailles Estate. In 1685 Madame de Maintenon, a courtier of King Louis XIV founded a school in the hamlet, thereby changing the name (Ecole=school). The symbol of the school forms the main element in the arms; a golden cross with the royal fleur-de-lis. | ||