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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were granted on February 9, 1900. | The Burgh arms were granted on February 9, 1900. | ||
Inverness appears to have been made a Royal Burgh by King David I some time between 1130 and 1153. | Inverness appears to have been made a Royal Burgh by King David I some time between 1130 and 1153. | ||
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The cornucopia crest is also probably symbolic of the Burgh's trade and prosperity, while the Latin motto "Concord and Fidelity" is a noble sentiment worthy of a Burgh which is capital of the Highlands. | The cornucopia crest is also probably symbolic of the Burgh's trade and prosperity, while the Latin motto "Concord and Fidelity" is a noble sentiment worthy of a Burgh which is capital of the Highlands. | ||
In January 2008 a petition to matriculate armorial bearings for the City of Inverness was refused by Lord Lyon King of Arms on the grounds that there is no legal entity to which arms can be granted. | |||
==Image gallery== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Invernessseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:Inverness.wrs.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms as used on a [[Scottish arms (WRS)|postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:Inverness.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 (wrong) | |||
File:Inverness2.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 (corrected) | |||
File:Inverness.ukpc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|Postcard, 1980s | |||
File:Inverness.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:Inverness2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms in the town | |||
File:Inverness3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms in the town ([http://s3.amazonaws.com/estock/fspid11/81/81/34/inverness-scotland-highland-818134-o.jpg source]) | |||
File:Invernessc1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms on a 1937 medal ([http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTU5NlgxNjAw/z/6yMAAOSwpdpVajST/$_1.JPG source]) | |||
</gallery> | |||
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