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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Dumfries and Galloway]] | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** Scotland<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1975 [[Dumfries and Galloway]] | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* (< 1975) County Council | |||
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Which Shield is ensigned with the proper coronet of a County Council, videlicet : Issuing from a circlet Vert, five paling piles also Vert, alternately with four garbs Or, banded Sable. | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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| Per pale indented: dexter, Azure, a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules, crowned of an antique crown Or, and gorged of an antique crown Vert; sinister, Gules, a chevron Argent, and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun arrayed Or; on a chief Azure, having a fillet Ermine, a saltire Or, charged with nine lozenges also Azure. Which Shield is ensigned with the proper coronet of a County Council, videlicet : Issuing from a circlet Vert, five paling piles also Vert, alternately with four garbs Or, banded Sable. | |||
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The seal adopted by the Council in 1890 showed a lion rampant on a shield with a sword and sceptre crossed in saltire behind it, a crown above and a thistle below; it was adapted from a device belonging to the old Galloway Militia. | The seal adopted by the Council in 1890 showed a lion rampant on a shield with a sword and sceptre crossed in saltire behind it, a crown above and a thistle below; it was adapted from a device belonging to the old Galloway Militia. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Urquhart, 1974 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:British County Councils]] | [[Category:British County Councils]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1955]] | [[Category:Granted 1955]] | ||