Belize coat of arms

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Belize coat of arms
Coat of arms of Belize.svg
Details
Introduced 1981
Sign holder Black, Creole
Motto (motto) Sub Umbra Floreo

The coat of arms of Belize was adopted in 1981 - when independence was achieved.

description

The coat of arms - which is also in the flag - shows a shield that is divided into silver and gold over a blue straight tip .

  1. A hammer and a paddle are crossed in the first field .
  2. In the second field an ax and a silver saw are crossed .
  3. A three-masted ship moving to the right with white sails and pennants on the masts at the top on a blue- green- gold-tinged shield base .

There is a mahogany tree behind the shield . The shield is entwined with a continuous green branch.

Shield holders are a black man with a paddle on the left and a creole with an ax on his shoulder on the right .

The whole thing is on a grass square, underneath a silver banner with the Latin motto in black capital letters :

Sub Umbra Floreo.
( I blossom in the shade. )

symbolism

The motto comes from the old colonial coat of arms.

The coat of arms shows two woodworkers with appropriate tools, who hold a shield over which a mahogany tree grows. Mahogany tree and tools refer to the mahogany industry that formed the economic basis of the British colony in the 18th and 19th centuries. The ship is reminiscent of the settlement from the sea.

The sign holders express ethnic diversity.

history

The British colony at that time had a coat of arms as early as the 19th century. King Edward VII granted it official status on January 28, 1907. It was modified several times and became the template for the new national coat of arms, which was introduced when independence was achieved.

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states . Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-570-01082-1 .