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====Official blazon==== | |||
Revision as of 16:04, 1 April 2012
Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Estonia |
NARVA
County: Ida-Virumaa
Official blazon
Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on July 24, 1992.
The two fish refer to the importance of Narva as a fishing harbour. The three cannon balls symbolise that the city has been an important border town during its history. Narva was a longtime Swedish town on the border with Russia (now the Estonian-Russian border).
The sword and scimitar are based on the arms of Karelia and date from the Swedish time (compare also the arms of Finland.
Literature : Image taken from http://www.rk.ee/symb/ and Troels P. Roland