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Lille (France)

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LILLE

Département : Nord
Additions : 1858 Esquermes, Fives, Moulins-Lille, Wazemmes; 1977 Hellemmes, 2000 Lomme

File:Lille.gif
Official blazon
French De gueules à la fleur de lis (florencée) d'argent.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing a lily. The lily is known as a symbol for the city since 1199. The arms have basically not changed since.

  • The arms around 1500

  • The arms in 1562

  • The arms in a 16th century manuscript

  • The arms by Hozier, 1696

  • The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

  • The arms in Napoleonic times

  • The Napoleonic arms on a medal from the 1920s

  • The arms in Traversier (1842)

  • The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

  • The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens

  • The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis

  • The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez

  • The arms on a postcard from the 1990s

  • The arms on a postcard by Kroma

  • The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez

  • The arms on a postcard from the 1990s

  • The arms on a trade card from around 1900

  • The arms in the Abadie albums

  • The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin

  • The arms on a stamp

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

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