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ESHOWE

Province : KwaZulu-Natal
District Municipality : uThungulu
Local Municipality : uMlalazi

Arms (crest) of Eshowe

Official blazon

  • (af)

Wapen: In silwer, 'n rooi dwarsbalk belaai met 'n gaande, aansiende goue leeu, vergesel van drie skuinsgeplaaste groen blare, 2 en 1.
Helmteken: 'n Veerbos van die sakabulavoel van natuurlike kleur, waartussen een wit veer
Wrong en Dekklede: Goud en groen.
Skildhouers: Regs, 'n gewone soldaat van die Buff-regiment (laat Negentiende Eeu) in uniform en volledig uitgerus, wat in sy regterhand 'n geweer vashou, alles van natuurlike kleur, en links 'n Zoeloekrygsman in volle oorlogsuitrusting, wat in sy linkerhand 'n skild van swart en wit koeivel, 'n assegaai en 'n knopkierie vashou, alles van natuurlike kleur.
Wapenspreuk: A CITY SET ON A HILL

  • (en)

Arms: Argent, on a fess Gules between three leaves Vert, a lion passant guardant Or.
Crest: A tuft of plumes of the sakabula bird proper and issuant therefrom one white feather.
Wreath and mantling: Or and Vert.
Supporters: Dexter, a private soldier of the Buff Regiment (late Nineteenth Century) habited and fully accoutred and holding in his dexter hand a rifle, all proper, and sinister, a Zulu warrior in full war attire, holding in his sinister hand a shield of black and white cowhide, an assegai and a knobkerrie, all proper.
Motto: A CITY SET ON A HILL

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 30, 1967.

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