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Province: [[Mpumalanga]] (until 1994 [[Transvaal Province]])<br/> | Province: [[Mpumalanga]] (until 1994 [[Transvaal Province]])<br/> | ||
Incorporated into : Umjindi | Incorporated into: Umjindi | ||
[[File:barberto.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:barberto.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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BARBERTON
Province: Mpumalanga (until 1994 Transvaal Province)
Incorporated into: Umjindi
Official blazon
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Wapen: Deursnede: I, in groen 'n erts stamper van goud; II, in goud, drie naasmekaar geplaaste Barbertonse madeliefies gestingel en geblaar van natuurlike kleur.
Helmteken: 'n Aansiende rooibokkop en -hals van natuurlike kleur.
Wrong en Dekklede: Goud en groen.
Wapenspreuk: CONSILIO ET LABORE
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Arms: Per fess Or, and Vert, in chief a stamp battery Or, and in base three Barberton daisies in fess slipped and leaved proper.
Crest: An impala head affronte couped at the neck proper.
Wreath and mantling: Or and Vert.
Motto: CONSILIO ET LABORE
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on January 29, 1969.
The arms allude to Barberton being a gold-mining town (the oldest in South Africa). The chief depicts a 19th-century gold-crushing mill, and the base displays three Barberton daisies, which are named after the town (they also appear in the Mpumalanga provincial arms).
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