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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Angus]] District Council (1996 Angus Area Council)
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Angus]] District Council (1996 Angus Area Council)


[[File:Montrose.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:Montrose.jpg|center|450 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Argent, a rose Gules.
Argent, a rose Gules.


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And for a reverse of their seal, Gules, Saint Peter on the cross Proper, with the keys hanging at his girdle Or; which is also to be borne for the sacred flag of the said Royal Burgh and may be impaled with the principal Arms, Argent, a rose Gules.
And for a reverse of their seal, Gules, Saint Peter on the cross Proper, with the keys hanging at his girdle Or; which is also to be borne for the sacred flag of the said Royal Burgh and may be impaled with the principal Arms, Argent, a rose Gules.


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on December 16, 1694 and again on January 23, 1953 with the addition of a coronet and a Royal Burgh compartment.
The arms were granted on December 16, 1694 and again on January 23, 1953 with the addition of a coronet and a Royal Burgh compartment.


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{|align="center"
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:Montroseseal.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
|align="center"|[[File:Montroseseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
|align="center"|[[File:Montrose.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Montrose.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
|align="center"|[[File:Montrose1.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
|}
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[[File:Montrosec.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:Montrosec.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Argent, a rose Gules.
Argent, a rose Gules.


Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet  richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Mare  Ditat Rosa Decorat".
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet  richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Mare  Ditat Rosa Decorat".


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on August 6, 1997.
The arms were granted on August 6, 1997.


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{{media}}
{{media}}


[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:  
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]]
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