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The arms were granted on October 6, 1819. The colour of the tree was changed on January 9, 1841 and the arms were confirmed on May 9, 1989. | The arms were granted on October 6, 1819. The colour of the tree was changed on January 9, 1841 and the arms were confirmed on May 9, 1989. | ||
Herentals' coat of arms has always featured a tree. Historians are not in agreement about the origin of the tree, which took various shapes throughout the centuries. A picture of the arms with the historically correct colours (red and white) first appears about 1536. Why in 1819 the arms were granted with a golden | Herentals' coat of arms has always featured a tree. Historians are not in agreement about the origin of the tree, which took various shapes throughout the centuries. A picture of the arms with the historically correct colours (red and white) first appears about 1536. Why in 1819 the arms were granted with a golden tree is not known. This was corrected in 1841. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:herentals.pol.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:herentals.pol.jpg|center|350 px]] <br/>The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:herentals1.pol.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:herentals1.pol.jpg|center|350 px]] <br/>The arms of [[Genk]] (?) on a Herentals police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | ||
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