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[[File:britishtransportcommission.jpg|center|400 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Supporters''': On either side a lion guardant gules charged on the shoulder with a railway wheel argent. <br> | '''Supporters''': On either side a lion guardant gules charged on the shoulder with a railway wheel argent. <br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Velociter et securiter | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Velociter et securiter | ||
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The motto VELOCITER SECURITER means swift and sure. | The motto VELOCITER SECURITER means swift and sure. | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': | '''[[Literature]]''': | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1956]] | [[Category:Granted 1956]] | ||
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BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION
Official blazon
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Arms : Vert, on a fess double-cottised argent between in chief three railway wheels of the last and in base a portcullis also argent two barrulets wary azure. |
Origin/meaning
Granted by the College of Arms on May 17, 1956. Transferred to the British Railways Board on February 20, 1963.
The symbolism is a green field for open countryside; barrulets for railways; wheels for road and rail transport; portcullis for ports and harbours.
The motto VELOCITER SECURITER means swift and sure. Literature: