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"Or, seated on a throne of the same , the Virgin Mary in a mantle azure over a robe gules, wearing a crown composed of three fleur-de-lys or; in the right hand a scepter or with a fleur-de-lys finial, on the left knee the Christ-child in a robe argent. The shield crested by a coronet of four pearls between five leaves and three diadems or, lined gules. Supporters: two lions rampant or, armed and langued gules."
Drenthe is a province in the north of the Netherlands. It used to be
part of the bishopric of Utrecht, but became more and more independent.
It has not been a separate county or duchy as most of the other Dutch provinces,
but it retained the status of "landschap" (a kind of self-governing area).
Drenthe joined the Utrecht Union (see Utrecht), but as a landschap did
not have voting rights in the republican parliament (Staten-Generaal).
It became a province in 1805. The arms of the province of Drenthe are derived
from the seal of the Landschap Drenthe, which depicted the same composition
since 1262.
Ralf Hartemink, 3 Sep 1997
In 1938 Queen Wilhelmina had reigned the Netherlands for 40 years. On that occasion a lot of municipalities paraded in front of HM with their flags