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The black lion on a golden field is the true historical arms of the Counts and county of Vlaanderen, and these have been used since the late 12<sup>th</sup> century. | The black lion on a golden field is the true historical arms of the Counts and county of Vlaanderen, and these have been used since the late 12<sup>th</sup> century. | ||
On October 9, 1816 the arms of Old and New Vlaanderen were combined as the new arms of the West-Vlaanderen province | On October 9, 1816 the arms of Old and New Vlaanderen were combined as the new arms of the West-Vlaanderen province. The chief showed the upper half of the Dutch Royal arms, similar to the [[Oost-Vlaanderen]] province, as Belgium at the time was still part of the Netherlands, see image below. | ||
After the Belgian independence the chief was removed. | After the Belgian independence the chief was removed. These arms were widely used, but never officially granted. The arms were generally used with the crown of a Count. | ||
Only in 1997 the arms were granted, now with two supporters, the bear of [[Brugge]] and the lion of Vlaanderen. The composition is placed on a landscape of dunes, as the whole Belgian coast is within the province. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:westvlaanderen1.jpg|alt=Wapen van West-Vlaanderen/Arms (crest) of West-Vlaanderen|The arms from 1819 | |||
File:wvlaanderen1.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van West-Vlaanderen/Arms (crest) of West-Vlaanderen|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
File:westvlaanderen.tile.jpg|alt=Wapen van West-Vlaanderen/Arms (crest) of West-Vlaanderen|The arms on a tile, 1930s | |||
File:wvlaanderen1.jpg|alt=Wapen van West-Vlaanderen/Arms (crest) of West-Vlaanderen|The arms on a road sign +/- 2010 | |||
File:wvlaanderen2.jpg|alt=Wapen van West-Vlaanderen/Arms (crest) of West-Vlaanderen|The arms on a statue in Brugge, 2014 | |||
File:westvlaanderen.pol.jpg|alt=Wapen van West-Vlaanderen/Arms (crest) of West-Vlaanderen|The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Vries, H. de : Wapens van de Nederlanden, Amsterdam, 1995. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Vries, H. de : Wapens van de Nederlanden, Amsterdam, 1995. | ||
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[[Category:Provinces of Belgium]] | [[Category:Provinces of Belgium]] | ||