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Great Seal of the Union – authorised by King George V in 1910, and used until 1937 on state documents signed by the Governor-General. [1]Royal Great Seal of the Union – authorised by the Royal Executive Functions and Seals Act 1934, and used until 1961 on state documents signed by the monarch on the advice of the South African government.
Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa (25 C, 8 P) Pages in category "National symbols of South Africa" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The arms on a book cover from the 1940s. The coat of arms featured a shield quartered.In each quarter was a symbol of the four provinces of South Africa. An ox wagon representing Transvaal Province, a woman with an anchor representing Cape Province, two wildebeests representing Natal Province and an orange tree representing the Orange Free State Province. [1]
The coat of arms of South Africa is the main heraldic insignia of South Africa. The present coat of arms was introduced on Freedom Day , 27 April 2000, and was designed by Iaan Bekker. [ 1 ] It replaced the earlier national arms , which had been in use since 1910. [ 2 ]
The Union of South Africa, formed in 1910, initially used a red ensign defaced with a badge depicting the Union coat of arms. The first South African national flag, introduced in 1928, superseded it. The first South African national flag, introduced in 1928, superseded it.
— National and Provincial Symbols, F.G. Brownell [1] The earliest known appearance of the arms was on banknotes issued in 1866. [ 2 ] The crudely drawn arms were depicted as a shield with a lion, an anchor, and a man in the upper half, an ox-wagon in the lower half, and the motto ' Eendragt maakt magt ' (sic, cf. Flag of the SAR ) on a riband ...
South African heraldry has a number of distinctive features: [6] [9] the use of indigenous animals, birds, fish, trees, and flowers as charges; the use of African traditional weapons, huts, and headdress as charges; the use of elements previously described in African praise poetry as charges and/or supporters
The design of the new South African national flag, SABS Bulletin, XIII, 3, May/June 1994 (subsequently reprinted in the Journal of the Dental Association of South Africa, Vol. 49, II, November 1994) Creating an interim flag for South Africa , in The Flag Bulletin, XXXIII, 3/158, May – June 1994 (co-authored with B B Berry, D de Waal and T ...