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Tavastia (Finland)

Häme, Tavastland

Last modified: 2002-03-15 by elias granqvist
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[Flag of Tavastia] [FIS Code] by António Martins-Tuvalkin, 2001-Mar-07

The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in 1560.


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About the flag


Blazon

Official blazon in Finnish: "Pinaisessa kentässä kävelevä kultainen ilves, jonka korvatöyhdöt mustat; saatteena ilveksen yläpuolella kolme kuusisakaraista tähteä ja alapuolella neljä ruusua sijoitettuina 1:3; kaikki hopeaa. Kruunu: herttuakunnan kruunu."

Official blazon in Swedish: "I rött fält ett gående lodjur av guld med svarta örontofsar årföljt ovan av tre sexuddiga stjärnor och nedan av fyra rosor ordnade 1:3, allt av silver. Skölden krönes med hertigdömets krona."

Blazoned in English: "Gules, a lynx passant or, ear tufts sable; in chief three six-pointed stars, and in base four roses 1:3, all argent. The shield's crown is a ducal crown."

English blazon by Lewis A. Nowitz, 13 March 2002






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