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The arms on collector's items: | |||
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File:belfast.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:belfast.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:belfast.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:belfast.mit.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911 | |||
File:belfast.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:0948.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
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The arms in the city: | |||
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File:belfast1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city. | |||
File:belfast2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
File:belfast3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
File:belfast4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
File:belfast5.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
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Revision as of 05:32, 30 July 2018
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 Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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BELFAST (City and County Borough)
Additions : 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, Newtownabbey UDC (partly)
Official blazon
Arms : Party per esse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.
Crest : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.
Supporters : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.
Motto : Pro tanto quid retribuamus
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.
I have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms.
The arms on collector's items:
![Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]](/heraldrywiki/images/thumb/8/84/Belfast.jj.jpg/76px-Belfast.jj.jpg)
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
![Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]](/heraldrywiki/images/thumb/2/23/Belfast.wb1.jpg/120px-Belfast.wb1.jpg)
The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906
![Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]](/heraldrywiki/images/thumb/e/eb/Belfast.haguk.jpg/87px-Belfast.haguk.jpg)
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms on a Mitchell's cigarette card, 1911
The arms as used on a Faulkner postcard +/- 1905
The arms in the Abadie albums
![Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]](/wiki/File:Belfast.jj.jpg)
![Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]](/wiki/File:Belfast.wb1.jpg)
![Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]](/wiki/File:Belfast.haguk.jpg)
The arms in the city:
The arms as seen in the city.
The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde)
The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
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Index of the site
Literature : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971.
