Sokolov

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SOKOLOV

Province: Karlovarský Kraj
District (Okres) : Sokolov

Official blazon
Czech	Ve stříbrném štítě stojí na zeleném trojvrší vpravo obrácený a napravo hledící sokol přirozených barev se zlatým zobákem, zlatými drápy a zlatým obnožníkem s rolničkou na levém pařátu.
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The arms were registered on May 7, 1992.

The arms are canting for the old German name of the town, Falkenau an der Eger (Falke=falcon), as well as for the Czech name (Sokol = falcon).

Seal from around 1900.	The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1935
The arms in the Abadie albums	The arms in an album from 1955
The arms by Jan Čaka (1986)