The Arms of the City of Cambridge
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Arms:
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Gules, a gold arched bridge with three towers, above it a fleur-de lys
or between two roses argent, and in base barry wavy silver and azure, and
thereon three ships sable, each with one mast and the sail furled.
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Crest:
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On a wreath or and gules, a grassy mound, and thereon a silver bridge.
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Supporters:
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Two sea-horses, their bodies gules and tails proper, with
gold fins.
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Granted in 1575.
Text from C W Scott Giles, Civic Heraldry of England and Wales.
Illustration adapted from that source by Keith Edkins
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