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|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic heraldry of the [[United Kingdom]]'''
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'''Country''' :
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
** Northern Ireland<br><br>
'''Additions''':<br>
* 1974 Antrim RDC (partly)
* Larne RDC
* [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly)
'''Status''':<br>
* City and County Borough
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'''BELFAST (City and County Borough)'''
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|'''English'''
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'''Arms''' : Party per fesse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''Supporters''' : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''':  Pro tanto quid retribuamus
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Additions : 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly)
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.


[[File:belfast.jpg|500 px|center]]
The vair-along with the supporting wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116.  


====Official blazon====
The arms were first used on the city's seal, made circa 1640, but were not granted until 1890.
'''Arms''' : Party per esse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''Supporters''' : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''Motto''' : Pro tando quid retribuamus


====Origin/meaning====
===Image gallery===
The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.
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I have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms.
File:belfast.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
File:belfast.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906
File:belfast.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
File:belfast.mit.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911
File:belfast.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905
File:0948.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
File:belfast1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city.
File:belfast2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde)
File:belfast3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
File:belfast4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
File:belfast5.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
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'''[[Literature]]''': Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971; Vinycomb, J. : The seals and armorial insignia of corporate and other towns of Ulster, The Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol. 1, 1894, provided by Z. W. Eisler.
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.wb1.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906
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|align="center"|[[File:belfast.haguk.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.mit.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911
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|align="center"|[[File:belfast.fau.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905
|align="center"|[[File:belfast1.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as seen in the city.
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[[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971.
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