approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,705,370
edits
Le Havre: Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning==="
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "Literature" to "Literature") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning===") |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
De gueules à la salamandre d'argent, couronnée d'or dans sa patience du même; au chef cousu d'azur chargé de trois fleurs de lis d'or; sur le tout un franc-canton de sable au lion d'or armé et lampassé de gueules. | De gueules à la salamandre d'argent, couronnée d'or dans sa patience du même; au chef cousu d'azur chargé de trois fleurs de lis d'or; sur le tout un franc-canton de sable au lion d'or armé et lampassé de gueules. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms refer to the King Francis I, whose badge was a heraldic salamander. The chief shows the three fleur-de-lis of France. The small free canton shows the lion of [[Belgium]], as during the First World War the Belgian government in exile resided in Le Havre. | The arms refer to the King Francis I, whose badge was a heraldic salamander. The chief shows the three fleur-de-lis of France. The small free canton shows the lion of [[Belgium]], as during the First World War the Belgian government in exile resided in Le Havre. | ||