Kortesjärvi
KORTESJÄRVI
Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 2009 Kauhava
Official blazon
Hopeakentässä tyviö, jonka yläpuolella Mantovan risti; molemmat vihreitä.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on May 12, 1958.
The cross in the arms is the so-called "Jääkäriristi", Jäger Cross, honouring Finnish independence fighters during WW I. Kortesjärvi had the highest "Jäger" percentage of population in all of Finland during the early 20th century.
 The arms on a road sign |
 The arms on the town hall |
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p; background from Raimo Mäenpää