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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Parti d'azur et d'argent. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The actual origin of the arms is not known. In 1697, François Charrière de Mex, an officer in foreign service whose brother was lord of Cossonay from 1673 to 1717, offered the local Council a stamp of silver with these arms. The arms have been used since. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.okz.jpg|center|350 px|Wappen von/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> The arms on a [[Oldenkott_(Switzerland)|Dutch tobacco card]] (+/- 1910) | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.okz.jpg|center|350 px|Wappen von/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> The arms on a [[Oldenkott_(Switzerland)|Dutch tobacco card]] (+/- 1910) | ||
|} | |}'''[[Literature]]''': | ||
[[Literature]] : | |||
[[Category:Swiss Municipalities C]] | [[Category:Swiss Municipalities C]] | ||
[[Category:Vaud]] | [[Category:Vaud]] | ||