Dunkerque
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Country : France  Département : Nord  Additions:
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| French | Coupé: au 1er d'or à un lion léopardé de sable, armé et lampassé de gueules, au 2e d'argent à un dauphin couché d'azur, barbé, crêté, lorré, oreillé et peautré de gueules. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The fish is the oldest known symbol of the city and can already be seen on a seal of the city from 1244. The lion is the lion of Flandre/Vlaanderen as the city was made into a larger port by the Counts of Vlaanderen in the 13 and 14th centuries. The lion appeared already on the contra-seals in the 14th century. The oldest image of the arms where the lion and fish are combined dates from 1460. The arms basically have never changed, except for the supporter and, in the 20th century, the medals awarded to the city.
Image gallery
The seal from 1244
The seal from 1328
The second contra-seal (14th century ?)
Coin from 1687
The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
The arms in the late 15th century
The arms in a manuscript from 1558
The arms in 1562
The arms in the 16th century
The arms in 1650
The arms by Hozier, 1696
The arms in the late 17th century
The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms in the Abadie albums
Literature: J.J. Lartigue, Armorial général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; Info from Dirk Hillebrandt, Belgium. Image by Massimo Ghirardi.
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