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The motto VELOCITER SECURITER means swift and sure. | The motto VELOCITER SECURITER means swift and sure. | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:06, 4 May 2024
BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION
Official blazon
| English |
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: