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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''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.<br> | '''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.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : A demi lion gules holding between the paws a railway wheel argent.<br> | '''Crest''' : A demi lion gules holding between the paws a railway wheel argent.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''': On either side a lion guardant gules charged on the shoulder with a railway wheel argent. <br> | '''Supporters''': On either side a lion guardant gules charged on the shoulder with a railway wheel argent. <br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Velociter et securiter | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Velociter et securiter | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===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. | 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. | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': | '''[[Literature]]''': | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1963]] | [[Category:Granted 1963]] | ||
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BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD
Official blazon
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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. |
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. Literature: