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'''SHEFFIELD''' | '''SHEFFIELD''' | ||
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Additions : 1974 Stocksbridge UDC, Wortley RDC (partly) | Additions : 1974 Stocksbridge UDC, Wortley RDC (partly) | ||
[[File:sheffiel.jpg|center]] | [[File:sheffiel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per fesse Azure and Vert in chief eight Arrows interlaced saltirewise banded Argent and in base three Garbs fessewise Or.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per fesse Azure and Vert in chief eight Arrows interlaced saltirewise banded Argent and in base three Garbs fessewise Or.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Lion rampant Argent gorged with a Collar and holding between the paws an Antique Shield Azure charged with eight Arrows as in the Arms.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Lion rampant Argent gorged with a Collar and holding between the paws an Antique Shield Azure charged with eight Arrows as in the Arms.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a figure habited as Thor resting his exterior hand on a Hammer all proper and on the sinister side a figure habited as Vulcan standing in front of an Anvil and in the dexter hand a pair of Pincers all also proper.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a figure habited as Thor resting his exterior hand on a Hammer all proper and on the sinister side a figure habited as Vulcan standing in front of an Anvil and in the dexter hand a pair of Pincers all also proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'DEO ADJUVANTE LABOR PROFICIT' - With God's help our labour is successful. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'DEO ADJUVANTE LABOR PROFICIT' - With God's help our labour is successful. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on 16th July 1875, and subsequently to the present City Council on 1st September 1977. | The arms were officially granted on 16th July 1875, and subsequently to the present City Council on 1st September 1977. | ||
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The motto (Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit) may be roughly translated as "With God's help our labour is successful". | The motto (Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit) may be roughly translated as "With God's help our labour is successful". | ||
<gallery perrow=0 mode="nolines" widths=250 px caption="Examples of use (click images to enlarge)"> | |||
| | File:Sheffields1.jpg|alt=Seal of Sheffield|The seal as shown in 1845 | ||
File:sheffield.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:sheffield.wb1.jpg|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:sheffield.dex.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | |||
File:sheffield.haguk.jpg|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:sheffield.scott.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of Sheffield|The arms on a pre 1910 postcard | |||
File:sheffield.fau.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:0714.aba.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums (1930s) | |||
|} | File:3-sheffield.gos.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms on a [[Goss postcards|Goss postcard]] (1905) | ||
File:045.abd.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Sheffield|The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte|album]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
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[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | [[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | ||