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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Wapen''': Deursnede: I, in groen 'n erts stamper van goud; II, in goud, drie naasmekaar geplaaste Barbertonse madeliefies gestingel en geblaar van natuurlike kleur.<br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Aansiende rooibokkop en -hals van natuurlike kleur.<br> | |||
'''Wrong en Dekklede''': Goud en groen.<br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': CONSILIO ET LABORE | |||
*(en) | |||
'''Arms''': Per fess Or, and Vert, in chief a stamp battery Or, and in base three Barberton daisies in fess slipped and leaved proper.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': An impala head affronte couped at the neck proper. <br> | |||
'''Wreath and mantling''': Or and Vert. <br> | |||
'''Motto''': CONSILIO ET LABORE | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms allude to Barberton being a gold-mining town | The arms were officially granted on January 29, 1969. | ||
(the oldest in South Africa). The chief depicts a | |||
19th-century gold-crushing mill, and the base displays | The arms allude to Barberton being a gold-mining town (the oldest in South Africa). The chief depicts a 19th-century gold-crushing mill, and the base displays three Barberton daisies, which are named after the town (they also appear in the Mpumalanga provincial arms). | ||
three Barberton daisies, which are named after the | |||
town (they also appear in the Mpumalanga provincial | |||
arms). | |||
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[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Mpumalanga]] | [[Category:Mpumalanga]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1969]] | |||