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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The traditional arms of Menton show the local patron saint, St. Michael, slaying a dragon, with the words Defensor and Mentoni (Defending Menton). These arms were used throughout the 19th century, but during the 20th century the dragon changed into a devil. | |||
In 1848 the Provisional Commission of the Government of Menton used different arms, with an orange tree and a chief with three stars. These are the arms of the May family from Villefranche. | |||
The free canton with the letter F (during the rule of Napoleon III it was a N) was removed officially in the 1950s, but is currently used again. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:menton.hagfr.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |align="center"|[[File:menton.hagfr.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:menton. | |align="center"|[[File:menton.gif|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The traditional arms as shown in the late 1990s | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:menton. | |align="center"|[[File:menton.frba.jpg|300 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons_adhésif_(Kroma)|Kroma]] without the F | ||
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