Liestal commune (Baselland canton, Switzerland)

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• Schützengesellschaft Liestal
• Liestal district
• Baselland canton
• Switzerland
• ISSUANT in Dictionary of Vexillology

Liestal

Per fess Argent, a crozier issuant Gules, and Gules.
Željko Heimer, 23 December 1999

Blazon by Mühlemann (1991): "Geteilt von Silber mit einem aus der Schildteilung hervorbrechenden, roten Bischofsstab mit sieben roten Krabben am Knauf und von Rot."
António Martins, 23 June 2000

Translated: Per fess argent with a Crosier Gules issuant from the partition line with seven Crabs Gules on the Knob Gules.
Jarig Bakker, 24 June 2000

[Stained glass plate (1583) with former coat of arms of Liestal. The emblem of Baselland's most important city (later the capital of the new canton) was taken as a model for the new cantonal flag. Liestal's emblem thus has been changed to its present form (source)]