Les Échelles
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LES ÉCHELLES
Département : Savoie
| French | De sinople à l'échelle d'argent posée en bande; au chef cousu de gueules chargé d'une croix d'argent. |
| English | Échelles No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |
Origin/meaning
The arms show a canting ladder under a chief with the arms of Savoie. The ladder is first mentioned as a village sign in a document describing the borders from 1388; on the borderstones of Les Échelles a ladder was to be used.
Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr