Kortesjärvi

KORTESJÄRVI

Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 2009 Kauhava

Official blazon

Hopeakentässä tyviö, jonka yläpuolella Mantovan risti; molemmat vihreitä.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 12, 1958.

The cross in the arms is the so-called "Jääkäriristi", Jäger Cross, honouring Finnish independence fighters during WW I. Kortesjärvi had the highest "Jäger" percentage of population in all of Finland during the early 20^th century.

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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p; background from Raimo Mäenpää