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[[File:Nairnd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Nairnd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, a figure of Saint Ninian holding in his dexter hand an open book, his crosier in his sinister hand and pendant from the wrist thereof a manacle all Proper, between dexter, a sun radiant Or and sinister, a mullet Argent; on a chief Or, two water budgets Sable. | Azure, a figure of Saint Ninian holding in his dexter hand an open book, his crosier in his sinister hand and pendant from the wrist thereof a manacle all Proper, between dexter, a sun radiant Or and sinister, a mullet Argent; on a chief Or, two water budgets Sable. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Unite and Be Mindful". | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Unite and Be Mindful". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on August 10, 1976. | The arms were granted on August 10, 1976. | ||
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[[File:nairn.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:nairn.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, the figure of Saint Ninian holding in his dexter hand an open book, his crosier in his sinister hand, and pendant from the wrist thereof a manacle all Proper. | Azure, the figure of Saint Ninian holding in his dexter hand an open book, his crosier in his sinister hand, and pendant from the wrist thereof a manacle all Proper. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a mural coronet and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Sole Valemus". | Above the Shield is placed a mural coronet and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Sole Valemus". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 31, 1939. | The arms were granted on July 31, 1939. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Nairnseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |align="center"|[[File:Nairnseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Nairn.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:Nairn.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] |
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