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 ===Official blazon===
+*(1912) Quarterly: 1 and 4: Or, three piles sable; upon a chief sable, three escallops or; 2 and 3: Azure, three annulets or. Crest: An ostrich courant proper. Supporters: Dexter, a leopard rampant; sinister a giraffe statant, both proper.
+*(1994)
 ===Origin/meaning===
-Arms granted by the College of Arms in 1912 and registered with the Bureau of Heraldry in 1994 (Government Gazette dated 29 April '94):
+Arms granted by the College of Arms in 1912 and new arms registered with the Bureau of Heraldry in 1994.
-These arms replaced the arms originally devised for the Grahamstown Municipal Council. The town was incorporated as a municipality in 1862. One of the council's first acts was to appoint a sub-committee to draw up a coat of arms, which was adopted in September that year by the council.
+The 1994 arms replaced the arms originally devised for the Grahamstown Municipal Council. The town was incorporated as a municipality in 1862. One of the council's first acts was to appoint a sub-committee to draw up a coat of arms, which was adopted in September that year by the council.
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