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Official blazon
French	De gueules au vaisseau d'argent voguant sur une mer de sinople, au soleil rayonnant d'or, se levant derrière des montagnes d'argent, posées au flanc dextre de l'écu; au franc-canton d'hermine; le tout sommé d'un chef d'azur semé de besants d'or.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

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Image gallery

The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms by Guilbert, 1853
The arms on a token from 1860
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
The arms on a Barré Dayez Postcard
Postal cancellation 1966

Literature: Froger and Pressensé, 1999. Image by Massimo Ghirardi

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