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[[File:usakos.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:usakos.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Wapen''': In goud, 'n rooi dwarsbalk belaai met twee paar skuinsgekruiste mynhamers van goud, in die skildhoof vergesel van 'n karakoellam van natuurlike kleur en in die skildvoet 'n swart gevleuelde wiel.<br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Swart feniks rooi getong wat uit rooi vlamme oprys.<br> | |||
'''Wrong en Dekklede''': Goud en rooi.<br> | |||
'''Skildhouers''': Regs 'n springbok, links 'n koedoe, albei van natuurlike kleur. <br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': EXCELSIOR | |||
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'''Arms''': Or, on a fess Gules two pairs of mine hammers in saltire, Or; in chief a karakul lamb proper, in base a winged wheel Sable.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': A phoenix Sable langued Gules issuant from flames, also Gules.<br> | |||
'''Wreath and mantling''': Or and Gules.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''': Dexter a springbok, sinister a kudu, both proper.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': EXCELSIOR | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on September 3, 1969. | |||
The town is an important agricultural and mining town, symbolised by the sheep and tools. The sheep is a Karakul sheep, imported by German farmers in the 19<sup>th</sup> century. The lower part refers to the railway track, connecting the coast with the hinterland of the country. The springbok and kudu are taken from the National Arms. | The town is an important agricultural and mining town, symbolised by the sheep and tools. The sheep is a Karakul sheep, imported by German farmers in the 19<sup>th</sup> century. The lower part refers to the railway track, connecting the coast with the hinterland of the country. The springbok and kudu are taken from the National Arms. | ||
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[[Category:Namibian municipalities]] | [[Category:Namibian municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1969]] |
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