Auch

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Official blazon
French	Parti:au 1er de gueules à l'agneau pascal d'argent, la tête contournée, portant une bannière d'azur chargée d'une croisette d'argent, à la hampe du même posée en barre, au 2e d'argent au lion de gueules armé de sable.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime:the archbishop of Auch and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac.

Image gallery

The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms by Guilbert, 1853
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a token from 1916
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis
The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
The arms on a cover
The arms on a cover

Literature: Louis, 1949

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