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'''LERWICK | '''LERWICK''' | ||
Incorporated into : 1975: [[Shetland Islands]] | Incorporated into : 1975: [[Shetland Islands]] | ||
==Lerwick Burgh== | |||
[[File:lerwick.jpg|center]]<br> | [[File:lerwick.jpg|center]]<br> | ||
(A coloured inmage of these arms is welcome !) | (A coloured inmage of these arms is welcome !) | ||
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[[Literature]] : Image from [[Jaja|Ja-Ja card]]; Porteous, 1906 ; Urquhart, 1973 | ==Lerwick Community Council== | ||
[[File:lerwickcc.jpg|center]]<br> | |||
====Official blazon==== | |||
Or, in the sea Proper a dragon ship oars in action Vert under sail Argent, on a chief Gules a battle-axe fessways Argent. | |||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, ''videlicet'':- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two-halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and on a wreath of the colours is set for Crest a raven Proper, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Dispecta Est Et Thule". | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | |||
The arms were granted on February 23, 1983. | |||
The arms are basically the same as th eold borough arms, only the helmet has been replaced by a crown, sommon to community councils. | |||
[[Literature]] : Image from [[Jaja|Ja-Ja card]]; Porteous, 1906 ; Urquhart, 1973, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1882]] | [[Category:Granted 1882]] | ||