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The arms were based on an image in a book describing the Walloon part of Brabant from 1692. The meaning of the three keys, however, is not clear. They probably are a symbol for the powerful Gembloux Abbey, which was founded in 933 and whose Abbots had the title of Counts of Gembloux. | The arms were based on an image in a book describing the Walloon part of Brabant from 1692. The meaning of the three keys, however, is not clear. They probably are a symbol for the powerful Gembloux Abbey, which was founded in 933 and whose Abbots had the title of Counts of Gembloux. | ||
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| | File:Gembloux17.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in a 17th century [https://bm-lille.fr/patrimoine/digital-viewer/c-16435 manuscript] | ||
File:gembloux.hagbe.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
File:gembloux.pol.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | |||
File:gembloux1.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in the town (image Derek Howard) | |||
File:gembloux2.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in the town (image Derek Howard) | |||
File:gembloux3.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in the town (image Derek Howard) | |||
File:gembloux4.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in the town (image Derek Howard) | |||
File:gembloux5.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms on the abbey (image Derek Howard) | |||
File:gembloux6.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in the town (image Derek Howard) | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | ||