Kemmel

	KEMMEL Country: Belgium Province: West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Heuvelland 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":50.7830000000000012505552149377763271331787109375,"lon":2.826000000000000067501559897209517657756805419921875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Dutch	Van goud met eene gekanteelden toren van sabel, ontstoken van keel, geplaatst op eenen berg van groen en vergezeld van zeven vuurkogels van sabel, ontstoken van keel geplaatst drie in het hoofd, twee rehts en twee links van de toren, deze vier laatsts paalsgewijze gerangschikt.
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The arms were granted on February 25, 1924.

The arms show the local castle in fire and 7 cannonballs. The arms symbolise the heavy fighting that took place around Kemmel in 1918.

Literature: Servais, 1955

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