Apparantly it is Mary with Jezus, with the image derived from the ‘Maria in Campis’ monastary in Assen (the capital of Drenthe). The Dutch Wikipedia has a page about it: https://nl-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wapen_van_Drenthe_(heraldiek)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
It’s to showcase to the rest of the Netherlands that there are in fact people in Drenthe. It’s not just sheep here, I swear!
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Apparantly it is Mary with Jezus, with the image derived from the ‘Maria in Campis’ monastary in Assen (the capital of Drenthe). The Dutch Wikipedia has a page about it: https://nl-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wapen_van_Drenthe_(heraldiek)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
It’s to showcase to the rest of the Netherlands that there are in fact people in Drenthe. It’s not just sheep here, I swear!