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The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop of Auch 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 of Auch 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)
File:auch1870.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms by Guilbert, 1853
File:auch1870.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms by Guilbert, 1853
File:auch.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
File:auch.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
File:aucht.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms on a token from 1916
File:auch.lau.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
File:auch.lau.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
File:auch.frba.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons adhésif (Villes et Provinces de France)|Kroma]]
File:auch.frba.jpg|alt=Blason d'Auch|The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons adhésif (Villes et Provinces de France)|Kroma]]

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Blason de Auch
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French 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.
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The arms represent the two co-lords who exercised their power under the Ancien Régime: the archbishop of Auch 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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