Coat of arms of Tunisia

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Coat of arms of Tunisia

A version of the coat of arms has existed since September 2, 1989, in which all fields show a golden background.

Old coat of arms description :

The coat of arms of Tunisia shows a Punic galley on a blue sea in the shield head in light blue; the rest of the shield is split: on the right, in gold, a black lion carrying a silver sword, on the left, in gold, a black scale. On the sign is a white banner with the state motto niẓām, ḥurriyya, ʿadāla  /نظام ، حرية ، عدالة / 'Order, Freedom, Justice' in Arabic . Above the shield there is a circular silver plaque with a red border, in which there is a red crescent moon and a star.

The coat of arms was adopted a few months after Tunisia's independence on June 21, 1956 and has since been subject to a few minor changes, most recently in 1963. The three fields symbolize the three terms of the state motto: the galley stands for freedom (and the Carthaginian history of the area) , the lion for order and the scales as a symbol of justice. The plaque with a crescent moon and a star is a symbol of Islam and a main component of the flag of Tunisia as well as some other flags of the Islamic world.

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