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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Argent, semee of [ten] Tudor roses proper, three lions passant guardant in pale azure. | '''Arms''' : Argent, semee of [ten] Tudor roses proper, three lions passant guardant in pale azure.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a cap of maintenance azure turned up argent a peregrine falcon rising belled and jessed holding in the beak an English | |||
wild rose slipped and leaved all proper.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''' : On each side a lion party per fess argent and azure charged on the shoulder with a Tudor rose and with the interior hind foot resting on a football proper.<br> | |||
'''Motto''' : Play the Game | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on March 30, 1949. | The arms were officially granted on March 30, 1949. Supporters and crest were granted on January 9, 1979. | ||
The arms are based on the English arms and had been in use for several decades prior to 1949 in different colours and compositions. | |||
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[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1949]] | [[Category:Granted 1949]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1979]] | |||