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| | |[[File:melsele.jpg|center|300 px|alt=Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : <br>[[Oost-Vlaanderen]][[File:oostvlaanderen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into:''' | |||
* 1977 [[Beveren]] | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
| D'azur, à la vierge assise, couronnée, tenant en la main droite un sceptre portant sur le bras gauche l'enfant Jésus également couronnée, soutenant le globe terrestre, le tout d'or. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on March 12, 1875. | The arms were officially granted on March 12, 1875. | ||
The arms show the patron saint of the village and are derived from the only known seal of the village, dating from the 17th century. On the seal St. Mary is accompanied by three angel heads, which were not taken into the arms in 1875. | The arms show the patron saint of the village and are derived from the only known seal of the village, dating from the 17th century. On the seal St. Mary is accompanied by three angel heads, which were not taken into the arms in 1875. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
| | File:Melseleb.jpg|alt=Wapen van Melsele/Arms (crest) of Melsele|Municipal letterhead, 1921 | ||
File:Melsele.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Melsele/Arms (crest) of Melsele|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms M]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms M]] | ||
[[Category:Oost-Vlaanderen]] | [[Category:Oost-Vlaanderen]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1875]] | [[Category:Granted 1875]] |
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