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During the Empire the blue part with golden lilies of France was replaced by three golden bees upon a red chief.
During the Empire the blue part with golden lilies of France was replaced by three golden bees upon a red chief.
The arms on collector's items :


{|align="center"
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.hagfr.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.hagfr.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.lau.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.lau.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.bd.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Barré Dayez Postcards|postcard]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.bd.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Barré Dayez Postcards|postcard]]
|align="center"|[[File:amiens1886.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a local token or medal from 1886
|align="center"|[[File:amiens1886.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a local token or medal from 1886
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.fp.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a trade card, 1920s
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.frba.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard, 1990s
|-
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.lou.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Robert Louis Postcards|postcard by Robert Louis]]
|align="center"|[[File:amiens.wfc.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a British tobacco card, 1906
|}
The arms in the city:
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:amiens2.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms on the city hall
|}
|}
[[Literature]] : Image taken from [http://www.gaso.fr La banque du blason] (with permission); background from a local tourist leaflet.
[[Literature]] : Image taken from [http://www.gaso.fr La banque du blason] (with permission); background from a local tourist leaflet.

Revision as of 12:28, 2 November 2012

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AMIENS

Département : Somme

Official blazon

De gueules au lierre d'argent ; au chef d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or.

Origin/meaning

Philippe Auguste granted the arms to the city of Amiens in 1185.

These arms underwent many transformations ever since: at the beginning the background was completely red, then it was decorated with an arabesques which became two branches of wicker, and then leaves of ivy meaning "the loyalty and the constant alliance of the city to the French crown".

During the Empire the blue part with golden lilies of France was replaced by three golden bees upon a red chief.

The arms on collector's items :

Amiens.hagfr.jpg

The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
Amiens.lau.jpg

The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
Amiens.bd.jpg

The arms on a postcard
Amiens1886.jpg

The arms on a local token or medal from 1886
Amiens.fp.jpg

The arms on a trade card, 1920s
Amiens.frba.jpg

The arms on a postcard, 1990s
Amiens.lou.jpg

The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis
Amiens.wfc.jpg

The arms on a British tobacco card, 1906

The arms in the city:

Amiens2.jpg

The arms on the city hall

Literature : Image taken from La banque du blason (with permission); background from a local tourist leaflet.