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[[File:westlothian.jpg|center|Arms of West Lothian]] | [[File:westlothian.jpg|center|Arms of West Lothian]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, issuant from a mount in base, an oak tree fructed all Or, a bordure Argent charged with four gillyflowers Gules, alter nately with as many laurel leaves slipped Vert. | Azure, issuant from a mount in base, an oak tree fructed all Or, a bordure Argent charged with four gillyflowers Gules, alter nately with as many laurel leaves slipped Vert. | ||
Which Shield is ensigned of a coronet appropriate to a County Council, videlicet: Issuant from a circlet Vert, five paling piles also Vert, alternately with four garbs Or, banded Sable | Which Shield is ensigned of a coronet appropriate to a County Council, videlicet: Issuant from a circlet Vert, five paling piles also Vert, alternately with four garbs Or, banded Sable | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on May 6, 1952. | The arms were granted on May 6, 1952. | ||
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[[File:westlothiand.jpg|center|Arms of West Lothian]] | [[File:westlothiand.jpg|center|Arms of West Lothian]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, issuant from a mount in base, an oak tree fructed all Or, a bordure Argent charged with four gillyflowers Gules, alternately with as many laurel leaves slipped Vert. | Azure, issuant from a mount in base, an oak tree fructed all Or, a bordure Argent charged with four gillyflowers Gules, alternately with as many laurel leaves slipped Vert. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on March 27, 1975. | The arms were granted on March 27, 1975. | ||
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[[File:westloth.jpg|center|Arms of West Lothian]] | [[File:westloth.jpg|center|Arms of West Lothian]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Per fess Argent and Azure, a fess wavy per fess Azure and Argent between in chief a shale bing of five peaks Gules and in base an oak tree fructed issuant from a mount in base Or, a bordure Argent charged in centre chief with a pellet, thereon a Maltese cross Argent, and in base a lozenge Sable, in dexter chief a badger's head erased contournee Proper, in sinister chief a boar's head erased Sable langued Gules, in dexter fess a tower embattled Sable, and in sinister fess a clarion of the Last. | Per fess Argent and Azure, a fess wavy per fess Azure and Argent between in chief a shale bing of five peaks Gules and in base an oak tree fructed issuant from a mount in base Or, a bordure Argent charged in centre chief with a pellet, thereon a Maltese cross Argent, and in base a lozenge Sable, in dexter chief a badger's head erased contournee Proper, in sinister chief a boar's head erased Sable langued Gules, in dexter fess a tower embattled Sable, and in sinister fess a clarion of the Last. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Area Council, videlicet:- issuant from a circlet eight paling piles (three and two halves visible) Or and eight garbs (four visible) of the Last, banded Sable; on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a lizard (West Lothiana) Vert, langued and clawed Gules, and sinister, a bitch Sable, langued and clawed Gules, and gorged of a collar to which is affixed a chain passing betwixt the forelegs and reflexed over her back Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Aye for the Common Weal". | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Area Council, videlicet:- issuant from a circlet eight paling piles (three and two halves visible) Or and eight garbs (four visible) of the Last, banded Sable; on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a lizard (West Lothiana) Vert, langued and clawed Gules, and sinister, a bitch Sable, langued and clawed Gules, and gorged of a collar to which is affixed a chain passing betwixt the forelegs and reflexed over her back Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Aye for the Common Weal". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 30, 1996. | The arms were granted on July 30, 1996. | ||