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'''Country''' : France [[File:france-flag.gif|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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In 1752, King Louis XV awarded the Croix des Mayeurs to the city for its loyalty. In 1897 the city received the Legion of Honor for its resistance against the Prussians during the war of 1870-71. Occupied at the end of August 1914, the city became the victim of the German withdrawal on the Hindenburg line in March 1917. It wass destroyed for 80% during the withdrawal. The Croix de Guerre was awarded in 1920. | In 1752, King Louis XV awarded the Croix des Mayeurs to the city for its loyalty. In 1897 the city received the Legion of Honor for its resistance against the Prussians during the war of 1870-71. Occupied at the end of August 1914, the city became the victim of the German withdrawal on the Hindenburg line in March 1917. It wass destroyed for 80% during the withdrawal. The Croix de Guerre was awarded in 1920. | ||
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File:Saint-Quentin16.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms in a [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8528582x.r=17256?rk=193134;0 16th century manuscript] | |||
File:Saint-Quentin1.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms in Hozier (1696) | |||
File:Saint-Quentin-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:Saint-Quentin1870.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms by Guilbert, 1853 | |||
File:Saint-Quentin1895.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms in a publication from 1895 | |||
|- | File:Stquentin.beriot.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms on a trade card from [[Villes Décorées de France (Beriot)|Beriot]] (pre 1914) | ||
| | File:st-quentin.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | ||
File:st-quentin.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | |||
File:2724.aba.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:Saint-Quentin3.jpg|alt=Blason de Saint-Quentin/Arms (crest) of Saint-Quentin|The arms on the wall of town hall of [[Ecaussinnes]] in Belgium,<br> erected by the evacuees of St Quentin in thanks.<br> (image Derek Howard, 2018) | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Image made by Massimo Ghirardi | |||
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