Lens (Pas-de-Calais)

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Official blazon

French	D'azur au château formé d'une tour d'or crénelée de cinq pièces, ouverte et ajourée de sable, l'ouverture chargée d'un globe cerclé, cintré et croisé d'or, la tour flanquée de deux tourelles du même ouvertes et ajourées de sable, le tout accosté de deux fleurs de lis d'or.
English	(Pas-de-Calais) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Decorations:

• Légion d’honneur (30/08/1919).
• Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
• Croix de guerre 1939–1945.

Origin/meaning

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  The arms in Hozier (1696)

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  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  The arms on a FDC, 1970

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  The arms on a postcard by Kroma

Literature: Bréemersch et al., 1996