Xhariep
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XHARIEP
Province: Free State
Official blazon
- (af)
Wapen: Deursnede van groen en goud, op 'n blou faas, die benede rand geboe, 'n voorstelling van die hoofroetebrug oor die Gariepdam in silwer, en in die skildvoet die gestingelde blomkop van 'n Oranjerivierlelie (Crinum bulbispermum) met drie bloeisels en vier knoppe van natuurlike kleur; op 'n skildhoof verhoogd en spitsgeknobbel na die skildvoet, afgesnede en aanstotend tot die veld van silwer, 'n wawiel van natuurlike kleur. Die skild is oortop van 'n Basoetohoed van natuurlike kleur.
Skildhouers: Twee mannetjiesvolstruise van natuurlike kleur.
Wapenspreuk: UNITY IS STRENGTH
- (en)
Arms: Per fess Vert and Or, on a fess Azure the lower edge enarched, a representation of the main arterial route bridge over the Gariep Dam Argent, and in base the head of an Orange River lily (Crinum bulbispermum) with three blossoms and four buds slipped, proper; on a chief enhanced and fitchy to base, couped and conjoined to the field Argent, a wagon-wheel proper. The shield is ensigned of a asutho hat proper.
Supporters: Two male ostriches proper.
Motto: UNITY IS STRENGTH
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 12, 2004.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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