St. Helena's coat of arms

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St. Helena's coat of arms
Coat of arms of Saint Helena.svg
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Introduced January 30, 1984
use Shield can be found on the flag of St. Helenas

The coat of arms of St. Helenas has been the official coat of arms of the entire present-day British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha as well as the sub-area of St. Helena since 2009 . Since January 30, 1984 it has been the official coat of arms of the island of St. Helena with secondary areas . The use of the coat of arms for commercial purposes for marketing St. Helenas is expressly permitted.

Ascension ( Ascensions coat of arms ) and Tristan da Cunha ( Tristan da Cunhas coat of arms ) also continue to have their own coats of arms and flags.

Heraldic shield

The heraldic shield shows under a golden shield head with an endemic St. Helena plover ( Charadrius sanctaehelenae ), in blue a black sailing ship with three golden masts with four white ruffled square sails on each mast and a white stern flag with a red cross waving. Two brown mountains in the right shield protrude from a natural water.

The coat of arms can be found on the flag of St. Helenas .

Web links

Commons : Coats of arms of Saint Helena  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Constitution of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. St. Helena, September 1, 2009. (PDF)
  2. ST HELENA BADGE OF ARMS. St. Helena Government, In: The Sentinel, November 30, 2017, p. 26. ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sams.sh