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 Established: 1619 (until 1642), re-established 1663 (until 1868), re-established 1954, incorporated again as a livery company in 1960.
-[[File:lon-Tobacco.jpg|center|550 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[File:lon-Tobacco1.jpg|center|550 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+===Official blazon===
+===Origin/meaning===
+The arms were officially granted on ?
+The arms show a tobacco plant as an obvious symbol. The crest holding a pipe is another clear reference to the company. The two supporters are eagles rising from the flames of burning tobacco leaves to symbolise the several reincarnations of the Company.
+The arms replaced the previous arms, granted in 1956, see below.
+The previous arms were officially granted on November 8, 1956.
 ===Official blazon===
 '''Arms :''' Argent, on a mount vert in base a tobacco plant proper; a bordure murrey. <br>
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 '''Motto:''' Producat terra
-===Origin/meaning===
+[[File:lon-Tobacco.jpg|center|550 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-The arms were officially granted on November 8, 1956.
-The arms show a tobacco plant s an obvious symbol. The crest holding a pipe is another clear reference to the company. The
-The company uses a new arms on their website, but no reference to a new grant:
-[[File:lon-Tobacco1.jpg|center|550 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+The arms are identical as the current ones, but the supporters were two 'natives' of main tobacco producing regions.
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 [[Category:London Guilds]]
 [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Granted 1956]]