Wakken

	WAKKEN Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Dentergem 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":50.93090000000000117097442853264510631561279296875,"lon":3.396500000000000074606987254810519516468048095703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1819) Van rood beladen met een haan van zilver. (1838) Rood koleur met eenen haen van wit koleur, den kop omgedraeyd. (1951) Gegeerd van goud en van azuur met twaalf stukken, in het midden van keel met drie schuinkruisjes van goud - het wapenschild getopt door een kroon met dertien parels waarvan drie verheven.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 8, 1819 and confirmed on April 30, 1838. New arms were granted on February 19, 1951.

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Image gallery

The arms from 1819
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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