Coat of Arms Ascensions

Coat of Arms Ascensions
Details
Introduced	2012
Heraldic shield	three sooty terns
Sign holder	Green turtles Chelonia mydas

Heraldic shield

The Ascension coat of arms is the official symbol of Ascension , an equal part of the British Overseas Territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha . It was approved by the British Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 .

construction

The coat of arms shows symbols of the island around a blue shield with three silver (white) wavy bars covered with a green rafter and three silver (white) wideawake birds . As crest was a helmet three-masted silver (white) through blue-silver (white) Waves (a sailing ship torse selected) in front of a green mountain; The helmet is decorated with green, curved and jagged ribbons ( helmet cover ) on the front and back . Two green turtles serve as shield holders over silver (white) hills covered with green branches.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} First Ever Ascension Flag to Fly. Ascension Island Government, March 27, 2013.