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Coat of Arms of the city of Calcutta issued in December 1896.

Per chevron or and sable, a lion passant guardant gules between two palm-trees eradicated in chief vert, and a ship under sail in base argent

  • Crest—Issuant out of an Eastern Crown, a sea-lion holding in the dexter paw a lotus-flower leaved and slipped proper.
  • Supporters—On either side a representation of an adjutant bird holding in the beak a serpent proper, charged on the shoulder with an Eastern Crown or.
  • Motto—"Per ardua stabilis esto."
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Source Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1915) The book of public arms, T.C. & E.C. Jack, pp. 136−137
Author Crown of England
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