Curacao Coat of Arms

Curaçao is the largest island in the former Netherlands Antilles and has been an autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands since October 10, 2010 .

The coat of arms of Curaçao is split with a central shield and a crown of a marquis , which expresses the connection with the Dutch royal family.

Description : A two-masted sailing ship with two square sails on each mast and a foresail floats in the split coat of arms in silver on a raised shield base divided by a blue wave cut . A Dutch flag flies on the stern mast. In the back, in silver on a green shield base, an orange-colored fruit-bearing bitter orange tree. As a central shield which is Amsterdam's coat of arms on: In red, a black pole with three Flanchis . A marquise crown above the shield .

Symbolism: On the (heraldic) right side is an old sailing ship on the waves of the sea with the Dutch flag on the mast as a symbol for the Dutch West India Company (WIC), which was active on the island since 1634 and founded a colony. In the middle is the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam , the city that once bought the island from the WIC and built Fort Amsterdam in Willemstad . On the left is a fruiting bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium). The color orange also stands for the house of Oranje , the bitter orange is one of the components of the blue Curaçao liqueur produced on the island .

Curacao Coat of Arms

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