Auch

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AUCH

Département : Gers

Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of Auch
Official blazon
French Parti: au 1er de gueules à l'agneau pascal d'argent, la tête contournée, portant une bannière d'azur chargée d'une croisette d'argent, à la hampe du même posée en barre, au 2e d'argent au lion de gueules armé de sable.
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Origin/meaning

The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop of Auch and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac.

  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms in Hozier (1696)
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms in Traversier (1842)
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms by Guilbert, 1853
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms on a token from 1916
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms on a postcard by Kroma
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms on a postcard by Robert Louis
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of AuchThe arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
  • Blason de Auch/Arms (crest) of Auch

    The arms on a cover

Literature: Louis, 1949

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