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====Official blazon==== | |||
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*Wapen: In goud, 'n golwende paal van blou belaai met vier golwende stake van silwer en aan weerskante vergesel van 'n lemoen gestengel van natuurlike kleur; op 'n ingedrewe punt van rooi 'n tros van drie vrugte van die Clanwilliamse seder van goud. | |||
*Helmteken: 'n Gestengelde en geblaarde druiwetros van natuurlike kleur hangende aan 'n wynstok tussen twee olifantslurpe, regs goud en links rooi. Wrong en dekklede: Goud en rooi. | |||
*Wapenspreuk: FIDE LABORA | |||
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*Arms: Or, on a pale wavy Azure, between two oranges stalked proper, four wavy endorses Argent; a pointe ente Gules charged with a cluster of three cones of the Clanwilliam cedar Or. | |||
*Crest: A Bunch of grapes stalked and leaved proper pendant from a vine between two elephant trunks, dexter Or, sinister Gules. Wreath and mantling: Or and Gules. | |||
*Motto: FIDE LABORA | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were officially granted on October 22, 1976. | |||
In these arms the wavy fess represents the Olifants River, which lies near the town. When the first explorers (dispatched by the Dutch East India Company but led by a Dane name Olof Bergh) arrived in the Olifants valley, it was inhabited by herds of elephant, long since shot out by hunters. | In these arms the wavy fess represents the Olifants River, which lies near the town. When the first explorers (dispatched by the Dutch East India Company but led by a Dane name Olof Bergh) arrived in the Olifants valley, it was inhabited by herds of elephant, long since shot out by hunters. | ||
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[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Western Cape]] | [[Category:Western Cape]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1976]] | |||