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 [[File:bloemfon.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+===Official blazon===
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+*'''Wapen''': In blou, twee toegewende goue horings van oorvloed, die regterkantste gevul met blomme en die linkerkantste met water.
+*'''Helmteken''': 'n Vuurherd met vlamme van natuurlike kleur.
+*'''Wrong en Dekklede''': Goud en blou.
+*'''Skildhouers''': Regs 'n blesbok en links 'n swartwildebees, albei van natuurlike kleur.
+*'''Wapenspreuk''': FLOREAT
+(en)
+*'''Arms''': Azure, two cornucopias respectant, the dexter one issuing flowers and the sinister one issuing water.
+*'''Crest''': A grate inflamed proper.
+*'''Wreath and Mantling''': Or and Azure.
+*'''Supporters''': Dexter a blesbok and sinister a white-tailed gnu, both proper.
+*'''Motto''': FLOREAT
 ===Origin/meaning===
+The arms were officially granted on November 25, 1966.
 The arms are canting: Bloemfontein means "flower fountain".
-The crest is taken from the arms of 19th-century president Jan Brand. Until the 1950s, the name "Bloemfontein" was inscribed on the shield, above the cornucopiae.
+The crest is taken from the arms of 19th-century president Jan Brand (meaning 'fire'). Until the 1950s, the name "Bloemfontein" was inscribed on the shield, above the cornucopiae.
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+[[Category:Granted 1966]]