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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
Or, an anchor erect sable, stock proper, from the ring a riband flowing azure and sus pended therefrom an escocheon gules charged with three annulets of the field. And for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours upon the battlements of a tower proper a trident in bend dexter or, surmounted by an anchor and cable, in bend sinister, sable.<br> | |||
Supporters: On the dexter side, standing on a rock a Female Figure proper vested argent, mantle and sandals azure, on her head an estoile radiated or, and supporting with her exterior hand an anchor also proper, and on the sinister side standing •on a like rock a lion rampant guardant gules." | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were granted on December 29, 1899. | The arms were granted on December 29, 1899. | ||
The anchor symbolises the good harbour, the three rings on the smaller shield are taken from the arms of Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of the city. The arms were first granted on June 12, 1804 by Commissioner-General J. de Mist, when the city was still ruled by the Dutch. He granted the city a seal with an anchor, on which was placed a shield with the Van Riebeeck arms. The anchor served as a supporter. In 1804 The Netherlands were a French vassal state, called the Batavian Republic. In the Batavian Republic all used of arms was illegal and no arms could be granted, making the event in Cape Town a unique event. | The anchor symbolises the good harbour, the three rings on the smaller shield are taken from the arms of Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of the city. The arms were first granted on June 12, 1804 by Commissioner-General J. de Mist, when the city was still ruled by the Dutch. He granted the city a seal with an anchor, on which was placed a shield with the Van Riebeeck arms. The anchor served as a supporter. In 1804 The Netherlands were a French vassal state, called the Batavian Republic. In the Batavian Republic all used of arms was illegal and no arms could be granted, making the event in Cape Town a unique event. | ||
The original Dutch grant: | |||
[[File:capetown1804.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}} from 1804]] | |||
The original seal was still in use in the 1950s and was officially registered in 1956, with an added English legend (the original was Zegel van de Kaapstad, the English addition was The council of the city of Cape Town). | The original seal was still in use in the 1950s and was officially registered in 1956, with an added English legend (the original was Zegel van de Kaapstad, the English addition was The council of the city of Cape Town). |
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