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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, Upon a Doric column couped proper a terrestrial globe Or. <br> | '''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, Upon a Doric column couped proper a terrestrial globe Or. <br> | ||
'''Supporters''': On the dexter a lion and on the sinister a griffin proper, each charged on the shoulder with and resting the hind paw upon a bezant. <br> | '''Supporters''': On the dexter a lion and on the sinister a griffin proper, each charged on the shoulder with and resting the hind paw upon a bezant. <br> | ||
'''Motto''': Partes per eoas (original: Per mundum orientalem). | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Partes per eoas (original: Per mundum orientalem). | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on | The arms were officially granted on ? | ||
The Britannia in the first quarter represents the fact that it’s a British bank, with HQ in London; the second quarter shows an Indian elephant, the third a fleece representing the sheep’s wool industry of Australia, and the fourth a Chinese junk. All 3 countries in the bank’s title are thus represented. The boat also symbolises the sea trade which Standard Chartered financed as its core business. | |||
[[Literature]] : | {{media}}'''[[Literature]]''': Image obtained from Rae Larson, background by Jackie Rolf | ||
[[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1959]] | [[Category:Granted 1959]] |
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CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (1860-1969)
Official blazon
Arms: Quarterly indented gules and vert, in the first quarter a representation of Britannia, in the second in front of a palm tree an elephant statant, in the third a fleece, and in the fourth a Chinese junk in full sail Or.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, Upon a Doric column couped proper a terrestrial globe Or.
Supporters: On the dexter a lion and on the sinister a griffin proper, each charged on the shoulder with and resting the hind paw upon a bezant.
Motto: Partes per eoas (original: Per mundum orientalem).
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on ?
The Britannia in the first quarter represents the fact that it’s a British bank, with HQ in London; the second quarter shows an Indian elephant, the third a fleece representing the sheep’s wool industry of Australia, and the fourth a Chinese junk. All 3 countries in the bank’s title are thus represented. The boat also symbolises the sea trade which Standard Chartered financed as its core business.
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