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'''MOSSEL BAY - MOSSELBAAI''' | '''MOSSEL BAY - MOSSELBAAI''' | ||
Province: [[Western Cape]] (until 1994 [[Cape Province]])<br/> | Province: [[Western Cape]] (until 1994 [[Cape Province]])<br/> | ||
District Municipality : Eden | District Municipality : Eden | ||
[[File: | [[File:mosselbay.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
====Origin/meaning=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
The charges on the "arms" are the figure of Justice, a | *1992 | ||
sheep, three interlaced fish, and the figure of | *(af) | ||
Neptune. The three interlaced fish were later | '''Wapen''': Skuinskruislings, silwer en blou, in die skildhoof 'n weegskaal rustend op die punt van 'n regopgeplaaste swaard, alles blou; regs drie goue ringsgewys inmekaargevlegte visse, links 'n goue vlies en in die skildvoet, op 'n golwende blou skildvoet belaai met 'n golwende silwer dwarsbalk, 'n Portugese karveel met gespanne seile, van natuurlike kleur.<br> | ||
incorporated into the badge of the naval minesweeper | '''Helmteken''': Voor 'n blou driehoekige rysende grond, 'n silwer vuurtoring met goue strale.<br> | ||
SAS Mosselbaai. | '''Wrong en Dekklede''': Blou en silwer.<br> | ||
'''Wapenspreuk''': JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS | |||
*(en) | |||
'''Arms''': Per saltire Argent and Azure, in chief a balance resting on the point of a sword erect, Azure; dexter three fish interlaced in annulet Or, sinister a golden fleece and in base, on a base wavy Azure charged with a bar wavy Argent, a Portuguese caravel, sails set, proper.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': In front of a triangular mount Azure, a lighthouse Argent with rays issuant Or.<br> | |||
'''Wreath and mantling''': Azure and Argent<br> | |||
'''Motto''': JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS | |||
*1997 | |||
*(af) | |||
'''Wapen''': Skuins gevierendeel, in die skildvoet trapvormig, blou en goud, in die skildhoof twee silwer paalsgewys geplaaste swemmende walvisse, en in die skildvoet 'n dwarsbalnk, ook van silwer, geknobbel van twee Karoo-gewelhuisies, die deur van elk blou en die onderkant golwend; regs 'n groen aalwyn, rooi geblom, en links 'n 15de-eeuse Portugese karveel van natuurlike kleur, op die seil belaai met 'n rooi breedarmige kruis. <br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': Uitkomend uit 'n swart muurkroon belaai met 'n silwer dwarsbalk daarop 'n ander van blou, in die middel daaroorheen 'n omgekeerde rooi skulp, 'n silwer vuurtoring met goue strale.<br> | |||
'''Dekklede''': Blou en goud. <br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS | |||
*(en) | |||
'''Arms''': Per saltire, in base grady, Azure and Or, in chief two whales naiant in pale and in base a fess nowy of two Karoo gable houses, Argent, the doors Azure, the lower edge wavy; dexter an aloe Vert flowered Gules and sinister a 15th century Portugese caravelle proper, the sail charged with a cross paty, Gules. <br> | |||
'''Crest''': Issuant from a mural crown Sable charged with a bar Argent, thereupon another Azure, surmounted in the centre of an escallop inverted Gules, a lighthouse Argent with rays issuant Or. <br> | |||
'''Mantling''': Azure and Gules. <br> | |||
'''Motto''': JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on February 7, 1997. | |||
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The previous arms were granted on November 24, 1992. | |||
{{missing}} | |||
Before the town used the non official arms below: | |||
[[File:mosselba.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
The charges on the "arms" are the figure of Justice, a sheep, three interlaced fish, and the figure of Neptune. The three interlaced fish were later incorporated into the badge of the naval minesweeper SAS Mosselbaai. | |||
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[[Literature]] : Image scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s | [[Literature]] : Image scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s | ||
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[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Western Cape]] | [[Category:Western Cape]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1997]] | |||
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MOSSEL BAY - MOSSELBAAI
Province: Western Cape (until 1994 Cape Province)
District Municipality : Eden
Official blazon
- 1992
- (af)
Wapen: Skuinskruislings, silwer en blou, in die skildhoof 'n weegskaal rustend op die punt van 'n regopgeplaaste swaard, alles blou; regs drie goue ringsgewys inmekaargevlegte visse, links 'n goue vlies en in die skildvoet, op 'n golwende blou skildvoet belaai met 'n golwende silwer dwarsbalk, 'n Portugese karveel met gespanne seile, van natuurlike kleur.
Helmteken: Voor 'n blou driehoekige rysende grond, 'n silwer vuurtoring met goue strale.
Wrong en Dekklede: Blou en silwer.
Wapenspreuk: JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS
- (en)
Arms: Per saltire Argent and Azure, in chief a balance resting on the point of a sword erect, Azure; dexter three fish interlaced in annulet Or, sinister a golden fleece and in base, on a base wavy Azure charged with a bar wavy Argent, a Portuguese caravel, sails set, proper.
Crest: In front of a triangular mount Azure, a lighthouse Argent with rays issuant Or.
Wreath and mantling: Azure and Argent
Motto: JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS
- 1997
- (af)
Wapen: Skuins gevierendeel, in die skildvoet trapvormig, blou en goud, in die skildhoof twee silwer paalsgewys geplaaste swemmende walvisse, en in die skildvoet 'n dwarsbalnk, ook van silwer, geknobbel van twee Karoo-gewelhuisies, die deur van elk blou en die onderkant golwend; regs 'n groen aalwyn, rooi geblom, en links 'n 15de-eeuse Portugese karveel van natuurlike kleur, op die seil belaai met 'n rooi breedarmige kruis.
Helmteken: Uitkomend uit 'n swart muurkroon belaai met 'n silwer dwarsbalk daarop 'n ander van blou, in die middel daaroorheen 'n omgekeerde rooi skulp, 'n silwer vuurtoring met goue strale.
Dekklede: Blou en goud.
Wapenspreuk: JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS
- (en)
Arms: Per saltire, in base grady, Azure and Or, in chief two whales naiant in pale and in base a fess nowy of two Karoo gable houses, Argent, the doors Azure, the lower edge wavy; dexter an aloe Vert flowered Gules and sinister a 15th century Portugese caravelle proper, the sail charged with a cross paty, Gules.
Crest: Issuant from a mural crown Sable charged with a bar Argent, thereupon another Azure, surmounted in the centre of an escallop inverted Gules, a lighthouse Argent with rays issuant Or.
Mantling: Azure and Gules.
Motto: JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on February 7, 1997.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
If you have any information on the origin or meaning of these arms, or have additional images that you want to share, please mail us your information !
The previous arms were granted on November 24, 1992.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
If you have any information on the origin or meaning of these arms, or have additional images that you want to share, please mail us your information !
Before the town used the non official arms below:
The charges on the "arms" are the figure of Justice, a sheep, three interlaced fish, and the figure of Neptune. The three interlaced fish were later incorporated into the badge of the naval minesweeper SAS Mosselbaai.
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