Worshipful Company of Farriers

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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FARRIERS

London Guild
Established:

Official blazon

Arms : Argent, three horseshoes; on a bordure sable three nails pallwise argent.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, An arm embowed issuing from clouds from the sinister side all proper, holding in the hand a farrier's hammer azure, hafted and crowned Or.
Supporters: On either side a horse argent gorged with a collar, pendent therfrom a sword gules.
Motto: Vi et virtute. |}

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 11, 1968.

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The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1913

Literature: Bromley and Child, 1960