Coat of arms of Somalia

The coat of arms of Somalia was officially adopted on October 10, 1956.

description

In terms of motif, the coat of arms follows the flag of Somalia , which is dominated by a silver star.

The national coat of arms is blue with a golden shield border, topped with a five-pointed silver star, crowned by a five-pointed golden heather crown.

Coat of arms holders are two upright natural-colored leopards , their heads turned towards the shield, standing on two crossed black spears with blue leaves, braided with a silver ribbon, over both of which are crossed green palm fronds.

symbolism

The palm branches represent peace, the ribbon is only used for decorative purposes.

As a sign of sovereignty, a crown was placed on the shield .

history

The leopards already had the coat of arms of Italian Somaliland .

location	coat of arms	colony	Remarks
		Italian Somaliland	On April 3, 1919, Italy gave its protectorate, Italian Somaliland, a coat of arms in which the shield was divided into an upper blue and a lower red half by a silver wavy line. The upper field showed a natural-colored leopard and five-pointed star, the lower one showed two six-pointed silver stars.
		British Somaliland	On December 18, 1950, Great Britain awarded its colony British Somaliland a coat of arms with two crossed spears in a golden shield head and a round shield. The two lower fields showed a minaret in green at the front and an Arab sailing ship in blue at the back on two silver wavy lines, underneath an anchor.

Parts of both coats of arms can be found in the national coat of arms introduced in 1956.

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 . Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 1992. ISBN 3-570-01082-1

Web links

Flag lexicon (description of flag and coat of arms)