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The coat of arms of Melilla is the same as the coat of arms of the House of Medina Sidonia , from which it comes directly. Its blazon is as follows: in an azure field, two cauldrons checkered in gold and gules , surrounded by seven serpents in sinople , placed on a pole. Border of the royal arms of Castile and Leon , of nine pieces of gules, with castles of gold, alternating, with nine pieces of silver with lions of gules. The shield is topped with a ducal crown , which dominates a figure representing Guzmán el Bueno , in the act of throwing a dagger, from the castle of Tarifa . It is supported by the columns of the Strait of Hercules , with the inscription Non Plus Ultra . At the foot of the shield, but outside of it, appears a Dragon in sinople. On the crest appears a winged ribbon with the motto Praeferre Patriam Liberis Parentem Decet (A father must put his country before his children).
