Apples

APPLES

Canton: Vaud
Incorporated into: 2021 Hautemorges

Official blazon

Parti d'argent et de gueules à la bande d'or brochante, chargée de trois tourteaux du second.

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in 1923.

The divided shield is derived form the arms of Romainmôtier, as the village was given by King Rudolf III of Burgundy to the Romainmôtier monastery in the 11th century.

The bend with the three golden balls is taken from the medieval family d'Apples.

The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960

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