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KORTESJÄRVI

Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 2009 Kauhava

Kortesjärvi Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Hopeakentässä tyviö, jonka yläpuolella Mantovan risti; molemmat vihreitä.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 12, 1958.

The cross in the arms is the so-called "Jääkäriristi", Jäger Cross, honouring Finnish independence fighters during WW I. Kortesjärvi had the highest "Jäger" percentage of population in all of Finland during the early 20th century.

Arms of Kortesjärvi

The arms on a road sign
Arms of Kortesjärvi

The arms on the town hall

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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p; background from Raimo Mäenpää