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OUDTSHOORN

Province : Western Cape (formerly Cape Province)
District Municipality : Garden Route
Local Municipality : Oudtshoorn

Coat of arms (crest) of Oudtshoorn
Official blazon
Afrikaans blazon wanted
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the arms of the Van Reede van Oudtshoorn family, with the addition of two ostrich feathers to distinguish the arms from the family arms. Compare also Rhede in Germany.

In the 1930s the arms were slightly different:

Coat of arms (crest) of Oudtshoorn

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