Etoy (Vaud)
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ETOY
Canton : Vaud
Official blazon
Parti d'azur à deux clefs d'or posées en sautoir, et d'argent à l'écureuil de sable.
Origin/meaning
The arms were adopted in 1920.
The arms show the crossed keys for St. Peter, the patron saint of the St. Bernhard Abbey, which had a priory in Etoy. The squirrel is a symbol for the local nickname of the villagers.
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960 |
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