Brignoles

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Official blazon

French	Écartelé : au 1er d'azur à la fleur de lis d'or surmontée d'un lambel de gueules, aux 2e et 3e d'azur à la lettre capitale B d'or, au 4e d'or à quatre pals de gueules.
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Origin/meaning

The first quarter shows the arms of the Provence region. The two letters B stand for Brignoles and the Bérenger family, Counts of Barcelona, to which the town historically belonged. The pales of Catalonia in the fourth quarter also refer to this.

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  Blason de Brignoles]]
  The arms in Traversier (1842)

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  The arms in a publication from 1895

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  Blason de Brignoles]]
  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  Blason de Brignoles]]
  The arms on a cover (1999)

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  Blason de Brignoles]]
  Postal cancellation

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  The arms on a postcard by Kroma

Literature: image taken from http://www.gaso.fr