Saint-Quentin

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Official blazon

French	D'azur au buste de saint Quentin auréolé d'argent accompagné de trois fleurs de lis d'or.
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Origin/meaning

The arms show the bust of St. Quentin, the local patron saint. The three fleur-de-lys are a royal symbol, granted, according to legend, in 1215 when the vity was annexed by France by King Philippe Auguste.

In 1752, King Louis XV awarded the Croix des Mayeurs to the city for its loyalty. In 1897 the city received the Legion of Honor for its resistance against the Prussians during the war of 1870-71. Occupied at the end of August 1914, the city became the victim of the German withdrawal on the Hindenburg line in March 1917. It wass destroyed for 80% during the withdrawal. The Croix de Guerre was awarded in 1920.

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  The arms in a 16th century manuscript

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  The arms in Hozier (1696)

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  The arms in Traversier (1842)

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  The arms by Guilbert, 1853

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  The arms in a publication from 1895

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  The arms on a trade card from Beriot (pre 1914)

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  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens

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  >The arms in the Abadie albums

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  The arms on the wall of town hall of Ecaussinnes in Belgium,
  erected by the evacuees of St Quentin in thanks.
  (image Derek Howard, 2018)

Literature: Image made by Massimo Ghirardi