CAPE COLONY, or The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

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CAPE COLONY, or The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Gules, a lion rampant between three annulets or, on a chief argent, as many hurts each charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second. Ct'est — On a wreath of the colours, the figure of Hope proper, vested azure, resting the dexter arm on a rock and supporting with the sinister hand an Anchor sable entwined with a cable also proper. Supporters — (Dexter) a gnu, (sinister) an oryx [gems buck], both proper. Motto — " Spes bona."

[Assigned by Royal Warrant, 29th May 1876. The warrant is printed in extenso. Genealogical Magazine, September 1900, Vol. iv., p. 185. Refer to South Africa.]

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