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The arms are based on the seal from the local council from 1730. The first part shows the local patron saint, St. Lawrence and a canting beech (Bocholt is dereived from Beech-forest). The middle pale shows the arms of Jeanne Thérèse , Countess Lannoy, and lady of Bocholt in 1730. The three leopard heads are the arms of the medieval Lords of Bocholt. | The arms are based on the seal from the local council from 1730. The first part shows the local patron saint, St. Lawrence and a canting beech (Bocholt is dereived from Beech-forest). The middle pale shows the arms of Jeanne Thérèse , Countess Lannoy, and lady of Bocholt in 1730. The three leopard heads are the arms of the medieval Lords of Bocholt. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:bocholt.pol.jpg|center|275 px]] <br/>The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | |||
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