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image by Virginijus Misiunas, 15 February 2010
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Veliuona (Jurbarkas District) - on a blue field a golden
carp with silver wolf fangs and red fins. Flag proportions 5:6,
free edges bordered with a red stripe and an inner narrow silver
stripe, finial is a silver knob with a ring. The charge of arms
appeared in the 16th century, though the story of its appearance
is not complete: the Grand Duke Alexander II granted the city
rights to Veliuona between 1502 and 1506. Neither the exact year
nor arms are known, because the document of privilege is lost.
The King Stephen Batory confirmed those rights in 1580, when the
arms were mentioned for the first time. The carp symbolizes the
Nemunas River, and wolf fangs come from the arms of the Batory
family. The exact origin of the carp is unclear: either it was
granted first in 1502-1506 and got fangs in 1580, or they
appeared together in 1580. In 1776 the city rights were lost, and
in 1791 re-granted together with arms (therefore the early
researchers considered the arms granted in 1791).
Virginijus Misiunas, 15 February 2010