La Rochelle

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LA ROCHELLE

Département : Charente-Maritime

Official blason

(fr) De gueules au vaisseau d'or habillé d'argent, voguant sur une mer de sinople; au chef cousu d'azur chargé de trois fleurs de lis d'or. Motto: Servabor rectore deo

Origin/meaning

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The seal from around 1200 (Ewe, 1972)	The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in Traversier (1842)	The arms by Guilbert, 1853
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932	The arms on a plate (early 20th century ?)
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung album	The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms on a postcard by Kroma	The arms in the town (source)