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BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD

Arms of British Railways Board

Official blazon

Official blazon
English

Arms : Vert, on a fess double-cottised argent between in chief three railway wheels of the last and in base a portcullis also argent two barrulets wary azure.
Crest : A demi lion gules holding between the paws a railway wheel argent.
Supporters: On either side a lion guardant gules charged on the shoulder with a railway wheel argent.
Motto: Velociter et securiter

Origin/meaning

Granted by the College of Arms on May 17, 1956 to the British Transport Commission, see there. Transferred to the British Railways Board on February 20, 1963.


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