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Département : [[Meurthe-et-Moselle]] | Département : [[Meurthe-et-Moselle]] | ||
[[File:toul.jpg|center]] | [[File:toul.jpg|center|350 px|Armoiries de Toul]] | ||
====Official blazon==== | |||
De gueules au tau d'or. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
{ | The Tau cross in the arms is most likely the letter T and not the symbol of St. Anthony. The Tau appeared already in the 14th century on the seal of the city. | ||
When Toul was part of the German Empire, the city use d the Imperial eagle, with the Tau as an inescutcheon on its chest. When the city became part of France in 1552, the eagle was removed and ever since the city uses the arms above. | |||
{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:toul3.jpg|250 px|center|Armoiries de Toul]] <br/>The arms until 1552 | |||
|} | |||
The arms may be decorated with the War Cross 1914-1918 and the War Cross 1939-1945. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:toul.hagfr.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |align="center"|[[File:toul.hagfr.jpg|center|Armoiries de Toul]] <br/>The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:toul.lau.jpg|250 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | |align="center"|[[File:toul.lau.jpg|250 px|center|Armoiries de Toul]] <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:toul2.jpg|250 px|center|Armoiries de Toul]] <br/>The arms on a road sign (image Françoise Chambier) | |||
|} | |} | ||