Calvinia

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CALVINIA

Province: Northern Cape
District Municipality: Namakwa
Municipality: Hantam

Official blazon
Afrikaans	Wapen: Kepersgewys deursnede van rooi en groen, 'n omgekeerde silwer gaffel vergesel in die skildhoof regs en links van 'n regopgeplaaste gestingelde en geblaarde blom, alles goud, en in die skildvoet van 'n aansiende silwer ramskop. Helmteken: 'n Groen muurkroon met 'n uitkomende rysende goue grond, daarop 'n rooi hart, geledig van 'n omgekeerde fleurdelis, getop met 'n regopgeplaaste uitkomende goue koring aar, gestingel en die boonste korrel van groen. Wrong en Dekklede: Groen en silwer Wapenspreuk: WERK EN GROEI
English	Arms: Per chevron, Gules and Vert, a pall inverted Argent, between in chief dexter and sinister a flower erect, slipped and leaved, Or, and in base a ram's head caboshed Argent. Crest: A mural crown Vert with a mount issuant Or, thereupon a heart Gules, voided of a fleurdelis inverted, insigned of an ear of wheat issuant erect Or, slipped and the upper grain Vert. Wreath and mantling: Vert and Argent Motto: WERK EN GROEI

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The arms were officially granted on September 27, 1991.

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