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Canton : [[Vaud]] | Canton : [[Vaud]] | ||
[[File:gryon.jpg|center]] | [[File:gryon.jpg|center|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
De gueules à deux haches d'argent emmanchées d'or, posées en sautoir et accompagnées en chef d'une croix tréflée du second. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were devised in 1922 and show in the upper part a cross as a symbol of the St.Maurice Abbey, to which the village belonged. The lower part shows two axes. These symbolise the determination with which the villagers cut down the poles used by the Bernese to mark the forests in the 17<sup>th</sup> century, when the village was no longer used by the city of Bern. | The arms were devised in 1922 and show in the upper part a cross as a symbol of the St.Maurice Abbey, to which the village belonged. The lower part shows two axes. These symbolise the determination with which the villagers cut down the poles used by the Bernese to mark the forests in the 17<sup>th</sup> century, when the village was no longer used by the city of Bern. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:gryon.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |align="center"|[[File:gryon.hagch.jpg|center|Wappen von/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Armorial des communes Vaudoises, 1972. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']] : Armorial des communes Vaudoises, 1972. | ||
[[Category:Swiss Municipalities G]] | [[Category:Swiss Municipalities G]] | ||
[[Category:Vaud]] | [[Category:Vaud]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1922]] | [[Category:Granted 1922]] | ||