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'''BARBERTON''' | '''BARBERTON''' | ||
Province: [[Mpumalanga]] (until 1994 [[Transvaal Province]])<br/> | Province: [[Mpumalanga]] (until 1994 [[Transvaal Province]])<br/> | ||
Incorporated into : Umjindi | Incorporated into: Umjindi | ||
[[File:barberto.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:barberto.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
*(af) | |||
'''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 | The arms were officially granted on January 29, 1969. | ||
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).'''[[Literature]]''': | |||
{{media}} Image scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s | |||
[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Mpumalanga]] | [[Category:Mpumalanga]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1969]] | |||