Goeferdinge

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Official blazon
Dutch	(1818) Van zilver beladen met een oranje boom in zijne natuurlijke kleur, verzeld ter regter zijde van een egge, op dewelke een hooivork en dorsvlegel geplaatst en sautoir, en ter linkerzijde van een ploeg, alles van keel. (1844) Een zilveren schild met eenen groenen eikenboom met gulden eikels, vergezeld, ter regter zijde, van eene egge geladen met eene gaffel en eenen vlegel van eene roode verf, kruiselings over elkander geplaetst, en ter linker zijde, van eenen vlaemsche ploeg van dezelfde verf. -	English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 4, 1818 and again on April 16, 1844.

The arms from 1818

The meaning of the arms is not known, the tree was granted in 1818 as an orange tree, for the Dutch Royal House of Oranje-Nassau. After the Belgian independence the tree was changed to an oak tree in 1844.

The tools indicate the agricultural character of the village

Image gallery

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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