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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Azure in fess two crosses moline Agent in base a wigwam of the like garnished Gules with five poles of the last; on a chief embattled Or a sea lion of the third <br> | Shield:Azure in fess two crosses moline Agent in base a wigwam of the like garnished Gules with five poles of the last; on a chief embattled Or a sea lion of the third <br> | ||
holding in dexter paw a sword of the field.<br> | holding in dexter paw a sword of the field.<br> | ||
Crest: On a wreath of the colors an armoured arm embowed Proper, grasping in the naked hand a broken flag staff Gules, to which attached a pennant Or.<br> | Crest:On a wreath of the colors an armoured arm embowed Proper, grasping in the naked hand a broken flag staff Gules, to which attached a pennant Or.<br> | ||
Motto: DUCTI AMORE PATRIAE (Having Been Led By Love of Country) | Motto:DUCTI AMORE PATRIAE (Having Been Led By Love of Country) | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The chief is for the Spanish and Philippine Wars, yellow and red being the Spanish colors, red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney; the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands. The crest in the Spanish colors is to commemorate the capture of a Spanish flag at El Caney. The arms were approved on 21 December 1922. | The chief is for the Spanish and Philippine Wars, yellow and red being the Spanish colors, red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney; the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands. The crest in the Spanish colors is to commemorate the capture of a Spanish flag at El Caney. The arms were approved on 21 December 1922. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image and Information from Wikimedia Commons. | [[Literature]]:Image and Information from Wikimedia Commons. | ||
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