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'''LERWICK''' | '''LERWICK''' | ||
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==Lerwick Burgh== | ==Lerwick Burgh== | ||
[[File:lerwick.jpg|center]]<br> | [[File:lerwick.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<br> | ||
(A coloured inmage of these arms is welcome !) | (A coloured inmage of these arms is welcome !) | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Or, in the sea Proper, a dragon ship Vert under sail, oars in action; on a chief Gules, a battle-axe fessways Argent.<br> | Or, in the sea Proper, a dragon ship Vert under sail, oars in action; on a chief Gules, a battle-axe fessways Argent.<br> | ||
Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of their proper Liveries is set for Crest a raven Proper, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Dispecta est Thule". | Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of their proper Liveries is set for Crest a raven Proper, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Dispecta est Thule". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on April 20, 1882. | The arms were granted on April 20, 1882. | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:lerwick.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:lerwick.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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==Lerwick Community Council== | ==Lerwick Community Council== | ||
[[File:lerwickcc.jpg|center]]<br> | [[File:lerwickcc.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<br> | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Or, in the sea Proper a dragon ship oars in action Vert under sail Argent, on a chief Gules a battle-axe fessways Argent. | Or, in the sea Proper a dragon ship oars in action Vert under sail Argent, on a chief Gules a battle-axe fessways Argent. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on February 23, 1983. | The arms were granted on February 23, 1983. | ||
The arms are basically the same as the old burgh arms, only the helmet has been replaced by a crown, | The arms are basically the same as the old burgh arms, only the helmet has been replaced by a crown, common to community councils. | ||
{{media}} | |||
[[Literature]] : Image from [[Jaja|Ja-Ja card]]; Porteous, 1906 ; Urquhart, 1973, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image from [[Jaja|Ja-Ja card]]; Porteous, 1906 ; Urquhart, 1973, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||