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The arms combine the arms of the City of Manchester | The arms combine the arms of the City of [[Manchester]] in the upper half, and in base the arms of the City of [[Salford]] impaling those of the County Borough of [[Warrington]]. A difference has been introduced by the substitution of a steamship for the sailing-ship in the chief of Manchester, while the bordure has been omitted from the Warrington coat. | ||
Above the shield is Manchester's crest of a terrestrial glove semé of bees volant, placed between two other crests on torses resting on the top of the shield. That on the dexter is a demi-lion supporting a staff and therefrom flying to the dexter a flag — presumably based on the crest of Salford but omitting the shuttle with which the flag is charged. The crest to the sinister is described | |||
The shield is supported by an antelope, collared and chained, and a lion guardant murally crowned, each charged on the shoulder with a rose. These are precisely the supporters of the City of Manchester | Above the shield is Manchester's crest of a terrestrial glove semé of bees volant, placed between two other crests on torses resting on the top of the shield. That on the dexter is a demi-lion supporting a staff and therefrom flying to the dexter a flag — presumably based on the crest of Salford but omitting the shuttle with which the flag is charged. The crest to the sinister is described as a sword and mace in saltire, the sword enfiled with a wreath of laurel, both surmounted by a scroll bearing the inscription ' Anno Victoriae Reginae." | ||
The shield is supported by an antelope, collared and chained, and a lion guardant murally crowned, each charged on the shoulder with a rose. These are precisely the supporters of the City of Manchester. | |||
The motto is 'Navigation and Commerce' | |||
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[[Literature]] : image from https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ | [[Literature]] : image and information from https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ and the Heraldry Gazette, 1958, nr 8, p4. | ||
[[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] |