Lannion

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Official blazon

French	D’azur à l’agneau pascal (la tête contournée) couché d'argent (d’or), tenant en ses pattes antérieures guidon de gueules à la hampe croisetée et pommetée d'or et portant l'inscription «Laus Deo» en lettres capitales d’or. Motto: War zao atao
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing an Agnus Dei, as the name supposedly was derived from l'agneau (the lamb).

The motto, in Breton, means Always Beginning.

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  The arms in Hozier (1696)

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  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens

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  The arms by Robert Luis (1949)

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  The arms on a postcard by Kroma

Literature: Louis, 1949; image by Massimo Ghirardi

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