Alderney

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	ALDERNEY Country: United Kingdom England Channel Islands Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.71170000000000044337866711430251598358154296875,"lon":-2.204000000000000181188397618825547397136688232421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The lion, probably the British lion, was first used on a seal of the Court of Alderney from 1745. The lion holding a sprig of broom, was confirmed as arms of Alderney by King Edward VII. The arms, however, were not officially registered at the College of Arms until 1993.

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The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a 1983 First Day Cover

Literature: Image and information send by The States of Alderney (www.alderney.gov.gg)

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