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'''Country''' : France [[File:France.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Département''' : [[Pas-de-Calais]][[File:Pas-de-Calais.jpg|60 px|right]] | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
| De gueules à l'écusson cousu d'azur chargé d'une fleur de lis d'or soutenue d'un croissant d'argent, l'écusson timbré d'une couronne royale d'or, accosté de deux croisettes patriarcales [croix de [[Lorraine]]] d'argent et soutenu d'un besant d'argent chargé de la croix de Jérusalem d'or. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
There are no arms known for Calais during the British period (1337-1558), only a seal showing a bishop in a ship. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File: | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z1.jpg|center|350 px|Sceau de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The oldest seal (1st half 13th century; Ewe, 1972) | ||
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[[Literature]] : Bréemersch et al., 1996 | The first arms were granted by the French King Henry II in 1558 and confirmed by King Louis XVIII on April 19, 1817. | ||
The fleur-de-lys and the crown indicate the conquest of Calais in 1558 by the French. The fleur-de-lys was the French Royal symbol. The city was conquered by François of [[Lorraine]], Duke of Guise, the cousin of Henry II. This is symbolised by the two crosses of [[Lorraine]]. | |||
Calais was also a famous port where many English and French knights departed for the crusades. This is symbolised by the crescent and the Jerusalem Cross in base. | |||
The current arms may be decorated by the chains of the Croix de Guerre (twice, for 1914-1918 and 1940-1945) and the Légion d’Honneur (granted in 1947). | |||
I have not seen the exact texts on the grants from either 1558 or 1817, but during the years the arms have been shown in many different ways, as shown below. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:calais16.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms in a [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8528582x.r=17256?rk=193134;0 16th century manuscript] | |||
File:Calaish.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms by Hozier, 1696 | |||
File:calais-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:calais1870.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms by Guilbert, 1853 | |||
File:Calais1895.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms in a publication from 1895 | |||
File:calaist.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms on a token from 1920 | |||
File:calais.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:calais.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | |||
File:2742.aba.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:Calaisp.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|Postal cancellation 1967 | |||
File:calais1.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms as seen in the city (image by Derek Howard) | |||
File:calais2.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms as seen in the city (image by Derek Howard) | |||
File:calais3.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms as seen in the city (image by Derek Howard) | |||
File:calais4.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms as seen in the city (image by Derek Howard) | |||
[File:calais7.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms as seen in the city (image by Derek Howard) | |||
File:calais6.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms as seen in the city (image by Derek Howard) | |||
File:calais5.jpg|alt=Blason de Calais/Arms (crest) of Calais|The arms as seen in the city (image by Derek Howard) | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Bréemersch et al., 1996 | |||
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[[Category:French Municipalities C]] | [[Category:French Municipalities C]] | ||
[[Category:Pas-de-Calais]] | [[Category:Pas-de-Calais]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1558]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1817]] |
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