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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''': Or on a Chevron Gules a Mitre between a Fleece and a Garb of the first in base two Bars wavy Azure on a Chief of the last four Lymphads sails furled, also of the first.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': On a wreath Or and Azure a Kiwi proper.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a Pukeko proper.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': Fide Condita, Fructu Beata, Spe Fortis. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were granted on 21st February 1949. | The arms were granted on 21st February 1949. | ||
The Coat of Arms formerly used by Christchurch was not registered and did not comply with accepted heraldic principles (see image below). It was felt appropriate, therefore, that a proper grant should be obtained prior to the centennial celebrations of Canterbury Province, to be held in 1950. An application for armorial bearings was therefore made to the Earl Marshal of England by the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Christchurch and by Warrant under his hand and Seal, dated 18th November 1948, the Kings of Arms were authorised and directed to grant armorial ensigns and supporters accordingly. The Letters Patent, dated 21st February 1949, was signed by Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard, Garter, Sir Arthur William Stewart Cochrane, Claren¬ceux, and Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, Norroy and Ulster. | |||
The significance of the main features are as follows:<br/> | The significance of the main features are as follows:<br/> | ||
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Before 1949 the city used the 'arms' below: | Before 1949 the city used the 'arms' below: | ||
[[File:christchurch.nz.jpg|center]] | [[File:christchurch.nz.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
This rather unheraldic device showed a mining train coming out of the mine, symbols for agriculture. The two supporters are ?? and hold each a | This rather unheraldic device showed a mining train coming out of the mine, symbols for agriculture. The two supporters are ?? and hold each a shield with the arms of ??. | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Tonson, 1967 | ||
[[Category:New Zealand]] | [[Category:New Zealand]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1949]] | [[Category:Granted 1949]] | ||