Rio Ethicals
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RIO ETHICALS
Official blazon
- (af)
Wapen: In groen, op 'n silwer paal, regs vergesel van 'n klimmende leeu en 'n lemoenboom paalsgewys en links van 'n aansiende wildebeeskop en 'n arend met uitgespreide vlerke, paalsgewys, alles van goud, 'n eskulaapstaf van rooi.
Helmteken: 'n Uitkomende rooi leeu wat tussen die voorpote 'n stamper en vysel, albei van goud, vashou.
Wrong en Dekklede: Silwer en groen.
Skildhouers: Twee springbokke van natuurlike kleur, elk op die skouer belaai met 'n rooi weegskaal.
Spesiale kompartement: Benede die skild, op 'n grasgrond, twee Proteas elk met twee blomkoppe, alles van natuurlike kleur.
Wapenspreuk: PRO SALUTE POPULI RIO
- (en)
Arms: Vert, on a pale Argent, between dexter a lion rampant and an orange tree in pale, and sinister a wildebeest head caboshed and an eagle with wings displayed, in pale, all Or, an aesculapian rod Gules.
Crest: A demi-lion Gules holding in the forepaws a mortar and pestle Or.
Wreath and mantling: Argent and Vert.
Supporters: Two springbuck proper, each charged on the shoulder with a balance Gules.
Special compartment: Below the shield, on a grass ground, two Proteas each with two flower heads, proper.
Motto: PRO SALUTE POPULI RIO
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 11, 1983.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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