Rhodes

	RHODES Country : South Africa Province : Eastern Cape District municipality : Joe Gqabi Local Municipality : Senqu 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":-30.7957099999999996953192749060690402984619140625,"lon":27.962389999999999190549715422093868255615234375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Afrikaans	Wapen: In rooi, 'n steierende silwer perd; op 'n skildhoof, ook silwer, 'n gaande aansiende rooi leeu tussen twee purper dissels, groen gestingel en geblaar Helmteken: 'n Bevrugte en geblaarde eiketakkie van natuurlike kleur. Dekklede: Silwer en rooi. Wapenspreuk: ALTIORA PETENS
English	Arms: Gules, a horse forcene Argent; on a chief, also Argent, a lion passant gardant Gules between two thistles Purpure, slipped and leaved Vert. Crest: A slip of oak fructed and leaved, proper. Mantling: Argent and Gules. Motto: ALTIORA PETENS

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 14, 1898 to the Rhodes Ratepayers and Residents Association

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