Tonga coat of arms

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Tonga coat of arms
Coat of arms of Tonga.svg
Details
Introduced 1862
Motto (motto) Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku Tofiʻa (God and Tonga are my inheritance.)

The current coat of arms of Tonga dates from 1862 .

It was designed by Prince Uelongatoni Ngu Tupou and has been the national coat of arms of Tonga ever since . It corresponds to the coat of arms of the royal family .

description

Tonga's coat of arms shows a quartered shield framed by gold ornaments .

  1. In the first, golden field, there are three six-pointed silver stars. They stand for the three main island groups Tongatapu , Ha'apai and Vava'u .
  2. The second, red field shows the royal crown , which is supposed to symbolize the royal family.
  3. In the third, blue field, a white dove flies with a green myrtle branch in its beak. It stands for peace, unity and Christianity.
  4. In the fourth, golden field, three swords cross each other . They stand for the three royal families Tu'i Tonga , Tu'i Ha'stakalaua and Tu'i Kanokupolu , from which the ruling royal family is derived.
  5. On the silver heart plate is a white six-pointed star with a red cross on it. This cross is identical to the cross in the jack of the state flag and symbolizes the state as a whole.

This design is repeated slightly changed in the Royal Standard .

There are two national flags behind the shield .

A royal crown hovers over the shield, around which a wreath of corn twigs winds, which symbolizes the judiciary in times before the kingdom and the royal family with God's grace.

The motto on the banner reads in Tongan :

“ Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku Tofiʻa. "
(" God and Tonga are my inheritance. ")

Other state coats of arms

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tonga National Coat of Arms. Made in Tonga. Retrieved September 6, 2017.