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For the first 80 years of the club's existence, playing shirts were without a club badge. Specially designed badges would only appear on Arsenal shirts for high-profile occasions, such as F.A. Cup finals.^[1]

The first of these badges was created for the 1927 final and consisted of a red AFC monogram on a white shield. Three years later a different badge was created for the 1930 final. This was the first time the famous Arsenal cannon would appear on the club's shirts.

The 1932 final saw the appearance of another monogram, this time inside Arsenal's first hexagonal badge. This badge, was a precursor to the more famous "A-football-C" Art Deco crest that would be used for the 1936, 1950 and 1952 finals. This crest, a brainchild of Herbert Chapman and Claude Waterlow Ferrier, has become a fans favourite and can still be seen today on scarves, clothes or stationery.^[2]

1927
1930
1932
1936, 1950 & 1952

The 1967-68 season saw a white cannon added to the famous red shirt for the first time on a regular basis. This remained virtually unchanged for 22 years except for the addition of the A-F-C "cannonballs" in 1978.

1967-1977
1978-1989

The full 'Victoria Concordia Crescit' crest was introduced to the shirts at the start of the 1990-91 title winning season and underwent several cosmetic changes over the next 11 years, including the addition of "The Gunners" nickname in 1994, before finally being replaced with the current crest in 2002.

1990-1993
1994-1995
1996-2001

Provincial flags

Flag	Province	Description	Origin
	Alsace (traditional)	Per pale gules a bend sinister cotised fleury argent and gules a bend between six crowns bendwise those in base reversed or.	Traditional arms of Alsace: Basse-Alsace on the left and Haute-Alsace on the right.
	Alsace (prefered)	Gules a bend double cotised flory argent between six crowns bendwise those in base reversed or.	Modern flag adopted in the 1990s is a simplification of the arms of the traditional province of Alsace.
	Angoumois	Lozengy, or and gules.	Arms of the counts of Angoulême, house of Angoulême.
	Anjou	Azure, three fleurs de lis or a bordure gules.	Arms of the dukes of Anjou. Semy de lis (Fr ancient) was replaced by three fleurs de lys (Fr modern) in 1480.
	Artois	Azure semy de lis or a label gules of three points each charged with three castles of the second.	Arms of the counts of Artois, house of Artois.
	Aunis	Gules a partridge crowned or.	Origin unknown.
	Auvergne	Or a gonfanon gules ringed and edged vert.	Arms of the counts of Auvergne, house of Boulogne.
	Béarn	Or two cows gules horned and belled azure.	Arms of the viscounts of Béarn, house of Béarn.
	Berry	Azure three fleurs de lys or within a bordure engrailed gules.	Arms of the dukes of Berry, apanagist royal princes.
	Bourbonnais	Azure semy de lis or a bend gules.	Arms of the counts of Clermont, 3rd house of Bourbon.
	Bourgogne	Quarterly first and fourth azure seme de lys or within a bordure gobonny argent and gules second and third bendy of six or and azure within a bordure gules.	Arms of the second (1st and 4th quarters) and first (2nd and 3rd quarters) houses of Bourgogne.
	Bretagne (traditional)	Argent a cross sable.	Origin unknown. Could date from the 3rd crusade, general use from the XVth century onwards.
	Bretagne (prefered)	A canton semé with eleven ermine spots over nine equal black and white stripes.	Ermine is from the arms of the dukes of Bretagne. The stripes symbolise the nine traditional Breton countries.
	Champagne	Azure a bend argent double cotised potent counter potent or.	Arms of the counts of Champagne, house of Champagne.
	Comtat Venaissin	Gules two keys in saltire or tied with a cord azure.	Papal arms. The province was a papal enclave belonging to the Holy See from 1270 to 1791.
	Comté de Foix	Or three pallets gules.	Arms of the city of Foix. The arms of the counts of Foix differ slightly, having five pallets.
	Comté de Nice	Argent on three mount vert a eagle crowned gules the base barry wavy argent and azure.	The eagle is from then German-ruled house of Savoy, the rocks represent the three mountains surrounding Nice.
	Corse	Argent a Moor's head sable tied with a tortil of the first.	Origin unknow, might come from the old arms of the house of Aragon.
	Dauphiné	Quarterly first and fourth azure three fleurs-de-lis or second and third or a dolphin azure.	France modern (1st and 4th quarters) and arms of the counts of Viennois (2nd and 3rd quarters).
	Flandres	Or a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules	Arms of the counts of Flandres, house of Flandres.
File:Franche-Comté flag.png	Franche-Comté	Azure billetty a lion rampant crowned or armed and langued gules.	Arms of the counts palatin of Bourgogne, house of Ivrea.
	Gascogne	Quarterly, first and fourth azure a lion rampant argent second and third gules a garb or.	Arms granted by Louis XIV in 1696, no known historical significance.
	Guyenne	Gules, a lion passant gardant or.	Origin unknown.
	Île-de-France	Azure, three fleur-de-lys or.	Royal banner (France Modern).
	Languedoc	Gules a cross of Toulouse or.	Arms of the counts of Toulouse, house of Rouergue.
	Limousin (traditional)	Ermine a bordure gules.	Arms of the dukes of Penthièvre, house of Dreux.
	Limousin (prefered)	Per pale, or three lions azure two and one, bendy or and gules.	Arms of the house of Limoges-Turenne.
	Lorraine	Or on a bend gules three alerions bendwise argent.	Arms of the dukes of Lorraine, house of Lorraine.
	Lyonnais	Gules a lion rampant argent armed and langued azure a chief of the third three fleurs de lis or.	Arms of the merchants' guild, the chief of lis was added when the province came under Royal administration.
	Maine	Azure semy de lis or a bordure gules in dexter chief a lion rampant argent.	Arms of the counts of Maine, junior branch of the house of Anjou.
	Marche	Azure semy de lis or on a bend gules three lions rampant bendwise argent.	Arms of the counts of Marche, junior branch of the 3rd house of bourbon.
	Navarre	Gules, a cross and saltire of chains or, affixed to an annulet vert and to an orle of the second.	Arms of the kings of Navarre.
	Nivernais	Bendy of six or and azure, within a bordure engrailed gules	Arms of the counts of Nivernais, 1st house of Bourgogne.
	Normandie	...	Perche,
	Orléanais	...	Blésois, Vendômois
	Picardie	...	Boulonnais, Ponthieu, Thiérache, Vermandois, Vimeu
	Poitou	...
	Provence	...	Pays de Sault,
	Provence (alternate)	...
	Rousillon	...	Cerdagne
	Saintonge	Azure a bishop's mitre argent between three fleurs de lys or two in chief and one in base.
	Savoie	Gules a cross argent.	Arms of the dukes of Savoie, house of Savoie.
	Touraine	Azure semy de lis or within a bordure gobonny argent and gules.	Arms of the dukes of Touraine, apanagist royal princes.

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