Gals

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GALS

Canton : Bern

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the arms of the St.Johannsen monastery, that used the arms without the lilies. These were added in 1927.

Literature: Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.

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