Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)

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NANTES

Département : Loire-Atlantique

Official blazon
French	De gueules au vaisseau équipé d'or, habillé d'hermine, voguant sur une mer de sinople mouvant de la pointe et ondée d'argent; au chef d'hermine.
English	(Loire-Atlantique) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms date from the early 16^th century and indicate the importance of Nantes as a harbour city. The sails of the ship and the chief show the ermine of the arms of Bretange (Brittany), as Nantes was the main port in Bretangne. Prior to the 16^th century the city used seals since 1350, with different ships, but without the ermine.

The arms in a 16th century manuscript	The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in Traversier (1842)	The arms by Guilbert, 1853
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932	The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis	The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
The arms on a postcard by Kroma	The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez
The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin	The arms on a stamp
The arms on a trade card from Chocolate Pupier	The arms in the Abadie albums

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Literature: Image taken from La banque du blason (with permission)