Peer

	PEER Country : Belgium Province : Oost-Vlaanderen Province : Limburg Additions: 1970 Kleine-Brogel 1977 Grote-Brogel 1977 Wijchmaal Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.13170000000000214868123293854296207427978515625,"lon":5.4550000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1985) Gedeeld 1. gedwarsbalkt van tien stukken van goud en van keel 2. in goud twee palen van keel.
French	(1862) Parti: au 1er fascé d'or et de gueules de dix pièces, au 2e d'or à deux pals de gueules.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1862 and again on September 2, 1985.

In medieval times Peer belonged to the Loon county and the 10 bars are the arms of Loon. The meaning of the pales, however, is not known. The arms are based on the only known seal of Peer, dating probably from the 15th or 16^th century, as well as from a map from the 18^th century. Both show the arms granted in 1862.

Image gallery

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)
The arms on a Caraïbe cigar band

Literature: Servais, 1955

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