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The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac. | The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac. | ||
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File:auch1.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms in Hozier (1696) | File:auch1.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms in Hozier (1696) | ||
File:auch-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in Traversier (1842) | File:auch-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in Traversier (1842) |
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Official blason
- (fr) Parti: au 1er de gueules à l'agneau pascal d'argent, la tête contournée, portant une bannière d'azur chargée d'une croisette d'argent, à la hampe du même posée en barre, au 2e d'argent au lion de gueules armé de sable.
Origin/meaning
The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac.
Auch1.jpg The arms in Hozier (1696)
Auch-tr.jpg The arms in Traversier (1842)
Auch1870.jpg The arms by Guilbert, 1853
Auch.hagfr.jpg The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
Auch.lau.jpg The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
Auch.frba.jpg The arms on a postcard by Kroma
Auch.lou.jpg The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis
Auch.fp.jpg The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
Fr-auch.jpg The arms on a cover
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