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... orange tree representing the Orange Free State Province. The crest of ... arms, which was officially adopted by the College of Arms in 1932. In ...

The College of Arms was founded in 1484 and has since then created and maintained official registers of coats of arms and pedigrees.

... arms on 3 September 1937. Twenty years later (!) the arms were finally recorded by the College of Arms and another 10 years passed before ...