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Coat of arms
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English: Royal African Company
Element of coat of arms
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English: Arms: Or, an elephant az. on his back a quadrangular castle ar. masoned ppr.; on the sinister tower, a flag-staff and banner gu. on the dexter corener of the banner, a canton ar. charged with a cross gu.; on the Dexter corner of the escutcheon a canton, quarterly, of France and England.


Crest: on a ducal corent or, an anchor, erect, sa. cabled of the first, betw. two dragon's wings, expanded, ar. each charged with a cross gu.
Supporters: two African blacks ppr. vested round the waist with a skirt ar. pearls round their necks, banded round the temples or, theron feathers erect, of various colours; each holding in his exterior hand an arrow or, barbed and feathered ar.

Motto: Regio floret patrocinio commercium, commercique regium
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Robson, Thomas; The British Herald, Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, from the Earliest to the Present Time; 1830; p. 179.
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Date 10 September 2022
Object history Officially granted 20 Jan 1662.
Source Own work
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current10:37, 9 June 2024Thumbnail for version as of 10:37, 9 June 2024918 × 1,100 (963 KB)Cakelot1 (talk | contribs)Cleaned
21:34, 10 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 21:34, 10 September 2022918 × 1,100 (1.77 MB)Cakelot1 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 19:41, 10 September 2022 (UTC) One second thoughts blazon dose say "his" when referring to supporters
20:29, 10 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 20:29, 10 September 2022958 × 1,100 (3.53 MB)Cakelot1 (talk | contribs)Swapped supporters to female (unsure which is more accurate)
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