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|} | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
'''Country''': | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England | |||
*** [[Channel Islands]] | |||
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{{#display_map:49.4534,-2.5776|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Official blazon=== | |||
Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are those of the Kingdom of England and of Normandy. The arms are identical to those used by [[Jersey]] (except for the small leaf on top of the Guernsey arms). | The arms are those of the Kingdom of England and of Normandy. The arms are identical to those used by [[Jersey]] (except for the small leaf on top of the Guernsey arms). | ||
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The continued use of the royal arms was granted after a long discussion in 1907, but the arms were not officially granted to the islands. | The continued use of the royal arms was granted after a long discussion in 1907, but the arms were not officially granted to the islands. | ||
Guernsey is divided into 12 parishes, none of which uses arms. | |||
* [[Guernsey (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Guernsey]] | |||
Guernsey | ===Image gallery=== | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:gg-z1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The original seal of Guernsey | |||
File:gg-c1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The arms on a coin from 1885 | |||
File:guernsey.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The arms as used on a Faulkner +/- 1905 | |||
File:guernesey.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Guernsey|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Bretton, 1955. | |||
{{uk}} | |||
{{media}} | |||
[[Category:Channel Islands]] | [[Category:Channel Islands]] |
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