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The coat of arms of Singapore is the heraldic symbol representing the sovereign island country and city-state of Singapore located in maritime Southeast Asia. It was adopted in 1959, the year Singapore attained self-governance from the British Empire, and remains in use after its independence in 1965. The committee that created it, headed by ...
The coat of arms of Colombia contains a shield with numerous symbols. Perched on top of the shield is an Andean condor holding an olive crown and the condor symbolizing freedom. The national motto, Libertad y Orden (Spanish for Liberty and Order ), is on a scroll in between the bird and the shield in black font over golden background.
The coat of arms is a silver stylized double-headed eagle on a red shield with a crown above the shield. The eagle's heads are bordered with nine feathers each and face the outer sides of the shield. The beaks of the double-headed bald eagle are golden in color and gape wide. The feathers on the eagle's neck are arranged in four rows of seven ...
Symbolism. The coat of arms dates to the 1660s. Three stars taken from the coat of arms of Sir Thomas Danby who was the first Mayor of Leeds. The golden fleece, a sign of the wool stapler, symbolises the wool industry in the city. Three owls taken from the coat of arms of Sir John Savile who was the first Alderman of Leeds.
The coat of arms of Malaysia ( Malay: Jata Negara Malaysia) is a coat of arms comprising a shield or escutcheon, two tigers for supporters, a crescent and fourteen-pointed star for a crest and a motto. As the Malaysian coat of arms descended from that of the Federated Malay States under British colonial rule, it resembles European heraldic designs.
Coats of arms of Holy Roman Emperors. The Reichsadler (" Imperial Eagle") was the heraldic eagle, derived from the Roman eagle standard, used by the Holy Roman Emperors and in modern coats of arms of Germany, including those of the Second German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the "Third Reich" (Nazi Germany, 1933 ...
On the dexter side a lion rampant guardant and on the sinister side a kangaroo both or. Motto. Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites. "Newly risen, how brightly you shine". The coat of arms of New South Wales is the official coat of arms of the Australian state of New South Wales. It was granted by royal warrant of King Edward VII dated 11 October 1906.
Coat of arms of Vanuatu. A Melanesian warrior, armed with a spear, standing before a mountain; behind him a boar's tusk and two leaves of the namele (coconut palm) in saltire, all proper and the golden scroll on the bottom with the National Motto. The coat of arms of Vanuatu features a Melanesian warrior holding the spear standing before the ...