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Moerbeke can refer to:
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|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br/>Civic heraldry of [[Belgium]] - [[Belgium|Belgische Gemeentewapens]] / [[Belgium|Armorial de Belgique]]'''
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'''MOERBEKE'''
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File:moerbeke.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|[[Moerbeke (Geraardsbergen)]]<br>a former municipality, now part of Geraardsbergen, Belgium
File:moerbekl.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|[[Moerbeke (Waas)]]<br>a municipality in the Waasland, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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Province : [[Oost-Vlaanderen]]<br/>
[[Category:Disambiguation pages]]
Incorporated into : 1977 [[Geraardsbergen]]
 
[[File:moerbeke.jpg|center]]
 
====Origin/meaning====
The arms were granted on August 4, 1818 and again on July 21, 1843.
 
The arms were created in 1843 as no historical seals or arms were known. Why the two reversed chevrons were chosen, however, is no longer known.
 
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|align="center"|[[File:moerbeke.hagbe.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930
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[[Literature]] : Servais, 1955
 
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms M]]
[[Category:Oost-Vlaanderen]]
[[Category:Granted 1818]]
[[Category:Granted 1843]]

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