Mossel Bay

Heraldry of the World
Civic heraldry of South Africa

MOSSEL BAY - MOSSELBAAI

Province: Western Cape (until 1994 Cape Province)
District Municipality : Eden
Local Municipality : Mossel Bay

Official blazon

(af)

Wapen: Skuins gevierendeel, in die skildvoet trapvormig, blou en goud, in die skildhoof twee silwer paalsgewys geplaaste swemmende walvisse, en in die skildvoet 'n dwarsbalnk, ook van silwer, geknobbel van twee Karoo-gewelhuisies, die deur van elk blou en die onderkant golwend; regs 'n groen aalwyn, rooi geblom, en links 'n 15de-eeuse Portugese karveel van natuurlike kleur, op die seil belaai met 'n rooi breedarmige kruis.
Helmteken: Uitkomend uit 'n swart muurkroon belaai met 'n silwer dwarsbalk daarop 'n ander van blou, in die middel daaroorheen 'n omgekeerde rooi skulp, 'n silwer vuurtoring met goue strale. Dekklede: Blou en goud.
Wapenspreuk: JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS

(en)

Arms: Per saltire, in base grady, Azure and Or, in chief two whales naiant in pale and in base a fess nowy of two Karoo gable houses, Argent, the doors Azure, the lower edge wavy; dexter an aloe Vert flowered Gules and sinister a 15th century Portugese caravelle proper, the sail charged with a cross paty, Gules.
Crest: Issuant from a mural crown Sable charged with a bar Argent, thereupon another Azure, surmounted in the centre of an escallop inverted Gules, a lighthouse Argent with rays issuant Or. Mantling: Azure and Gules.
Motto: JURE ET JUSTITIA VALEMUS

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 7, 1997.

Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.

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Before the town used the non official arms below:

The charges on the "arms" are the figure of Justice, a sheep, three interlaced fish, and the figure of Neptune. The three interlaced fish were later incorporated into the badge of the naval minesweeper SAS Mosselbaai.