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===Origin/meaning=== | {{uk}} | ||
'''GOVAN''' | |||
Incorporated into : 1912 [[Glasgow]] | |||
[[File:govan.jpg|center]] | |||
====Official blazon==== | |||
Argent, on land in base the hull of a ship on the stocks Proper; on a chief Azure, two mullets pierced of the field. | |||
Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the proper Liveries is set for Crest a garb surmounted of a salmon on its back Proper, and in an Escrol over the Shield this Motto "Nihil Sine Lahore", and on a Compartment below the Shield are placed for Supporters on the dexter side, an engineer holding in his exterior hand a plan, and on the sinister a ship carpenter resting his exterior hand on a mallet, both habited Proper. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | |||
The arms were granted on June 7, 1884. | The arms were granted on June 7, 1884. | ||
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The supporters were granted after some discussion, because of the Burgh's size, importance and historical antiquity. | The supporters were granted after some discussion, because of the Burgh's size, importance and historical antiquity. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:govanseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Govan|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:govan2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Govan|The arms in the former town hall ([http://www.filmcityglasgow.com/mediaLibrary/images/english/51449.jpg source]) | |||
File:govan.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Govan|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:govan.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Govan|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
</gallery> | |||
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