Lens (Pas-de-Calais)

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Official blazon
French	D'azur au château formé d'une tour d'or crénelée de cinq pièces, ouverte et ajourée de sable, l'ouverture chargée d'un globe cerclé, cintré et croisé d'or, la tour flanquée de deux tourelles du même ouvertes et ajourées de sable, le tout accosté de deux fleurs de lis d'or.
English	blazon wanted

Decorations:

Légion d’honneur (30/08/1919).
Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
Croix de guerre 1939–1945.

Origin/meaning

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Image gallery

The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a FDC, 1970
The arms on a postcard by Kroma

Literature: Bréemersch et al., 1996

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