Arms: Gules a Fess wavy Argent charged with a Bar wavy Azure between in chief three Bezants on each a Pear Sable and in base a Herefordshire Bull's Head caboshed proper.
Crest: Statant upon a Mural Crown a bi-corporate Lion Or holding a Pear Sable; Mantled Gules doubled Argent.
Supporters: On a Compartment per pale a Ploughed Field and a Grassy Mount proper to the dexter a Talbot Argent gorged with a Collar Or charged with Apples proper to the sinister a Lion guardant Or gorged with a Wreath of Hops fructed proper.
Date
19 February 2021
Object history
English: Coat of arms of Hereford and Worcester County Council, UK, from 1978 until the council's abolition in 1996.
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