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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
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'''Wapen''': In swart, 'n golwende goue dwarsbalk belaai met 'n golwende oranje streepbalk, vergesel in die skildhoof van 'n bliksemskig tusen twee regopgeplaaste pikke, alles goud, en in die skildvoet van 'n regopgeplaaste staalpyp van natuurlike kleur tussen twee goue tandratte.<br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Duif met 'n bevrugte olyftakkie in die bek, sittend op twee inmekaargeslaande regterhande wat by die gewrigte afgesny is, alles van natuurlike kleur. <br> | |||
'''Wrong en dekklede''': Goud en swart. <br> | |||
'''Skildhouers''': Regs 'n leeu en links 'n sebra, albei van natuurlike kleur. <br> | |||
'''Spesiale kompartement''': 'n Grasgrond besaai met veldblomme, alles van natuurlike kleur.<br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': PER PACEM AD INDUSTRIAM | |||
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'''Arms''': Sable, on a fess wavy Or a barrulet wavy Tenne, the fess between in chief a thunderbolt between two picks, Or, and in base a steel pipe palewise proper between two cogwheels, also Or.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': Perched on two clasped dexter hands couped at the writst, a dove, in the beak a slip of olive fructed, all proper.<br> | |||
'''Wreath and mantling''': Or and sable. <br> | |||
'''Supporters''': Dexter a lion and sinister a zebra, proper.<br> | |||
'''Special compartment''': A grassed ground seme of veld flowers, proper.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': PER PACEM AD INDUSTRIAM | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were originally granted on 20 October 1955. These arms were again granted on 26 June | The arms were originally granted on 20 October 1955. These arms were again granted on 26 June 1987. | ||
The wavy bar symbolises the Vaal river, that runs through the town. The mine picks and cogwheels symbolise the importance of mining and industry in the city. The thunderbolt symbolises energy, whereas the steel pipe is also a symbol of the steel industry.<br. | The wavy bar symbolises the Vaal river, that runs through the town. The mine picks and cogwheels symbolise the importance of mining and industry in the city. The thunderbolt symbolises energy, whereas the steel pipe is also a symbol of the steel industry.<br. | ||
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[[Category:Gauteng]] | [[Category:Gauteng]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1955]] | [[Category:Granted 1955]] | ||
[[Category:Granted | [[Category:Granted 1987]] | ||