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'''CHELSEA''' | '''CHELSEA''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1964 [[Kensington and Chelsea]] | Incorporated into : 1964 [[Kensington and Chelsea]] | ||
[[File:chelsea.jpg|center]] | [[File:chelsea.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Gules within a Cross voided Or a Crozier in pale of the last in the first quarter a winged Bull statant in the second a Lion rampant reguardant both Argent in the third a Sword point downwards proper pomel and hilt Gold between two Boars' Heads couped at the neck of the third and in the fourth a Stag's Head caboshed of the second.<br> | '''Arms''' : Gules within a Cross voided Or a Crozier in pale of the last in the first quarter a winged Bull statant in the second a Lion rampant reguardant both Argent in the third a Sword point downwards proper pomel and hilt Gold between two Boars' Heads couped at the neck of the third and in the fourth a Stag's Head caboshed of the second.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA' - Unless God be with us all will be in vain | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA' - Unless God be with us all will be in vain | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on February 28, 1903. | The arms were officially granted on February 28, 1903. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:chelsea.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:chelsea.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:chelsea.wb4.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms IV|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |align="center"|[[File:chelsea.wb4.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms IV|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:chelsea.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:chelsea.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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[[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932. | [[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932. |
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