Auch

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Official blazon

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.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

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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  The arms in Hozier (1696)

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  The arms in Traversier (1842)

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  The arms by Guilbert, 1853

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  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  The arms on a token from 1916

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  The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens

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  The arms on a postcard by Kroma

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  The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis

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  The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin

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  The arms on a cover

Literature: Louis, 1949

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