Dauphiné

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DAUPHINÉ

Official blazon
French	Écartelé: aux 1er et 4e d'azur à trois fleurs de lis d'or, aux 2e et 3e d'or dauphin d'azur, barbé, crêté, lorré, oreillé et peautré de gueules.
English	Quarterly, in first and fourth quarters azure three fleur-de-lys or, in second and third quarters or a dolphin azure with fins gules.

Origin/meaning

The arms are a combination of a canting (heraldic) dolphin and the Royal arms of France. The heir apparent to the French throne bore the title of Dauphine.

The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)	The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a postcard by Kroma	The arms on a Barré Dayez Postcard

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Literature: Image taken from La banque du blason (with permission)