Malmedy

MALMEDY Country : Belgium Province : Liège Additions : 1977 Bellevaux-Ligneuville 1977 Bevercé 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":50.42229999999999989768184605054557323455810546875,"lon":6.02320000000000010942358130705542862415313720703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

French	(1926) D'or à un dragon de sable sur une terasse isolée de sinople. L'écu posé sur une épée d'argent garnie d'or, la pointe en bas, et une crosse d'or, passdes en sautoir, et sommé d'une mitre du même. (1990) D'or à un dragon de sable sur un tertre de sinople. L'écu posé sur une épée d'argent garnie d'or, la pointe en bas, et une crosse d'or passées en sautoir, et sommé d'une mitre du même.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 19, 1926 and again on September 9, 1990.

The arms show the symbols of the local patron saint of the city since the 9th century, St. Quirinus. Quirinus was a martyr and in 875 his relics were transfered to the abbey in Malmedy. According to legend he killed a dragon, hence the dragon on the arms. The mitre, sword and crosier are the symbols of the Malmedy Abbey in which his relics are kept.

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  The municipal stamp shown in 1892

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  The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

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  The arms on a Roulertas Confiserie label

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  The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Anon. 2002

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