Image: Dukinfield Borough Council - coat of arms

Description: The coat of arms of Dukinfield Municipal Borough Council, the former (1899-1974) local authority of Dukinfield—then in Cheshire, now Greater Manchester—England. The armoural description is as follows: ARMS: Quarterly Azure and Argent a Cross pointed and voided quarterly of the last and Sable between in the first quarter a Raven close proper and the fourth a Garb both Or. CREST: Out of a Crown palisado Or a cubit Arm vested Azure cuff Argent hand proper holding an Escutcheon of the second charged with a Sun in splendour of the first between two Ostrich Feathers of the third. Motto: INTEGRITY. Granted: 24 March 1900.
Title: Dukinfield Borough Council - coat of arms
Credit: http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/cheshire_ob.html
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