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Royal Badge of Wales; Armiger: Charles III: Adopted: 2008: Motto: Pleidiol Wyf i'm Gwlad, Welsh for "I am true to my country": Badge: Within a circular riband vert fimbriated Or bearing the motto Pleidiol Wyf i'm Gwlad in letters the same and ensigned with a representation of the Crown proper, an escutcheon quarterly Or and gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged armed and langued ...
PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD: True am I to my country: 5,270,000 2014: Flax and Shamrock: Shamrock and flax plant [25] Northern Ireland: DECUS ET TUTAMEN: An ornament and a safeguard: 5,780,000 2014: Thistle and Bluebell: Thistle and bluebell [25] Scotland: NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT: No one attacks me with impunity: 5,185,000 2014: Shield of the Royal Arms
The motto which appears on the scroll, PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD (I am true to my country), is taken from the National Anthem of Wales and is also found on Welsh design £1 coins. The badge appears on the cover of Acts passed by Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament). [35] The current badge follows in a long line of heraldic devices representing Wales.
The £1 coins minted in 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000 with a Welsh emblem on the reverse, also bear the edge inscription PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD ("I am devoted to my country"), from the refrain of "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau". [18] The new Royal Badge of Wales adopted in 2008 features this motto.
Also found among the Roman coins were 72 gold aurei, dated from 18 B.C. to 47 A.D. Those coins show no signs of wear and likely came from a pile of freshly minted coins, according to the Cultural ...
" Pleidiol Wyf i'm Gwlad" ("I am true to my country"), taken from the National Anthem of Wales, appears on the 2008 Royal Badge of Wales, [29] [30] the Welsh Seal [31] used during the reign of Elizabeth II and on the edge of £1 coins that depict Welsh symbols. [32]
On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...
A man whose wife was on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. has revealed the final text he received from her before the crash. On ...