Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

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Official blazon

French	D'azur à la croix de Lorraine d'or côtoyée des lettres capitales du même S à dextre et D à senestre, le tout lié et entrelacé d'un ruban de gueules.
English	blazon wanted

Decorations:
Legion of Honor (28/02/1949)
War Cross 1914-1918
War Cross 1939-1945

Origin/meaning

A monk, Déodat or Dié, founded a monastery at the confluence of the Meurthe and Robache, in a place he called the Valley of Galilee. The monastery soon became important, and around it developed a town, which was given city rights by Count Ferry III of Lorraine in the late 13th century.

The arms are known since the 16th century and show the Cross of Lorraine with the letters SD, the town's initials.

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  The arms in Traversier (1842)

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  The arms in a publication from 1895

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  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens

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  The arms on a postcard by Kroma

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  The arms on a Belgian cover with Arlon

Literature: Image by Massimo Ghirardi

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