Germiston

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GERMISTON

Province : Gauteng (formerly Transvaal Province)
Metropolitan Municipality : Ekurhuleni

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Official blazon

Gules, within two bendlets Or between two ox-wagons Argent, three bezants.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1935.

The arms symbolise the gold mining (bezants), the wagons are the symbol of the Transvaal. I have no information on the other elements.

Previously the city used the arms below:

The scene in the second quarter suggests mining, and the ox-wagon in the fourth quarter was a Transvaal symbol, alluding to the Voortrekkers (emigrants) who migrated from the Cape Colony in the 1830s and '40s to escape British rule.

Literature : Scan from first day cover and tobacco card