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The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac. | The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac. | ||
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File:auch1.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms in Hozier (1696) | File:auch1.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms in Hozier (1696) | ||
File:auch-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in Traversier (1842) | File:auch-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in Traversier (1842) | ||
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Département : Gers
Official blason
- (fr) Parti: au 1er de gueules à l'agneau pascal d'argent, la tête contournée, portant une bannière d'azur chargée d'une croisette d'argent, à la hampe du même posée en barre, au 2e d'argent au lion de gueules armé de sable.
Origin/meaning
The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop and the count of Armagnac. The archiepiscopal power is symbolized by the paschal lamb, while the lion is taken from the arms of the Counts d'Armagnac.
- Examples of use (click images to enlarge)
Auch1.jpg The arms in Hozier (1696)
Auch-tr.jpg The arms in Traversier (1842)
Auch1870.jpg The arms by Guilbert, 1853
Auch.hagfr.jpg The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
Auch.lau.jpg The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
Auch.frba.jpg The arms on a postcard by Kroma
Auch.lou.jpg The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis
Auch.fp.jpg The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
Fr-auch.jpg The arms on a cover
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