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The city has since 1949 the right to use the chain of the Légion d'honneur around the shield. The city also uses the motto "avant avant lion le melhor" | The city has since 1949 the right to use the chain of the Légion d'honneur around the shield. The city also uses the motto "avant avant lion le melhor" | ||
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File:lyon16.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms in a [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8528582x.r=17256?rk=193134;0 16th century manuscript] | |||
File:lyon16a.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
| | File:lyon1.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms in Hozier (1696) | ||
File:lyon-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:lyon.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:lyon.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | |||
File:lyon.fp.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin | |||
File:lyon.bd.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez | |||
File:lyon.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons adhésif (Villes et Provinces de France)|Kroma]] | |||
File:lyons.wfc.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a British tobacco card from around 1906 | |||
File:lyon.mja.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez | |||
File:lyonflower.pcfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a postcard from the 1990s | |||
File:fr-1218.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a stamp | |||
File:lyonc1.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms on a medal | |||
File:lyon1.sugar.jpg|alt=Blason de Lyon|The arms in on a sugar package | |||
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LYON
Département : Rhône
Additions : 1852 La Croix-Rousse, La Guillotière, Vaise; 1963 Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe
| French | De gueules au lion d'argent; au chef cousu d'azur à trois fleurs de lis d'or. |
| English | No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |
Origin/meaning
The lion is a canting symbol for the city, and has been used on the seals of the city since the 13th century. The chief of France was granted by King Philippe V in 1320. The arms have not changed since.
 The arms shown in 1519 (source) |
The city has since 1949 the right to use the chain of the Légion d'honneur around the shield. The city also uses the motto "avant avant lion le melhor"
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
The arms on a British tobacco card from around 1906
The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez
The arms on a postcard from the 1990s
The arms on a stamp
The arms on a medal
The arms in on a sugar package
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