Combres-sous-les-Côtes
COMBRES-SOUS-LES-CÔTES
Département : Meuse
| French | Coupé voûté: au 1er de sinople à la grappe de raisin tigée et feuillée d'or, accostée de deux croisettes au pied fiché d'argent et pommetées d'or, au 2e de gueules à l'étoile à dix rais d'or, remplie de sable. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially adopted on April 9, 2021.
The crosses with the stones are a symbol for St. Stephen, the local patron saint since the 17th century. The grapes refer to the importance of viticulture for the area until the end of the 19th century.
The lower part refers to the First World War where the village was in the front line and nearly completely destroyed. The gold star filled with black color on the red field represents the underground explosions and illustrates the sacrifice of many men from both sides in this mine warfare in galleries dug by engineers.
The corn flowers and poppies illustrate the harshness of the fighting which took place in the territory of Combres, particularly from November 1914 to the end of April 1915, to take back from the Germans the observatory formed by the hillock overlooking the villages of Eparges and Combres.
Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr
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