Malawi coat of arms

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Malawi coat of arms
Coat of arms of Malawi.svg
Details
Introduced June 30, 1964
Heraldic shield Wavy lines, leopard , sun
helmet Piercing helmet

Crest : sea ​​eagles , wavy lines

Sign holder Lion , leopard
Motto (motto) UNITY and FREEDOM ( Engl. Unity and freedom)
Other elements Mulanje massif

The coat of arms of Malawi is a three-part shield . The upper field is silver with two blue wavy stripes. In the red center a golden , striding lion , below in black a golden, rising sun with rays of flame. Above the shield a resting piercing helmet with red -goldenem torse , the crest is a auffliegender eagle against a blue two wavy lines rising golden sun. The helmet cover is red and gold.

Shield holders are in natural colors with a red tongue, a lion on the right and a leopard on the left . You are standing on a rock formation. Underneath is a gold tape with the black inscription UNITY and FREEDOM .

symbolism

The wavy lines on the shield, their repetition in the crest and the sea ​​eagle stand for Lake Malawi . The lion in the red field comes from the coat of arms of England , which shows three of these lions looking there (leopard) . The rising sun symbolizes the beginning freedom and independence of the African states. The rock formation stands for the Mulanje massif , the highest point in the country. Unity and Freedom ("Unity and Freedom") is Malawi's state motto .

history

The coat of arms was given to the British colony of Nyasaland on June 30, 1964 on the occasion of their independence by the British Queen and replaced the older colonial coat of arms, which had been in use since 1914 and had shown in white a golden leopard on a rock, above it the rising golden sun in the wavy black head of the shield.

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