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===Official blazon===
'''Arms''' : Per fess indented gules and argent, a lion rampant counterchanged holding between the paws a great pearl proper. <br>
'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, A Blackheaded Plover (''Pluvianus aegyptius''), wings expanded and inverted, proper. <br>
'''Supporters''': On the dexter side a representation of Hygeia argent holding in the exterior hand a great pearl, the arm entwined by a serpent also argent, and on the sinister side a representation of Aesculapius argent, holding in the exterior hand a like pearl, the rod argent, resting against the sinister shoulder. <br>
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Esse quam videri. 
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===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on June 12, 1957.

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