Coat of arms of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

current coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Caribbean island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was given to the British colony at the time on November 29, 1912 and was adopted by the sovereign state in a slightly modified form after independence in 1979 as the national coat of arms .

In a gold-rimmed shield, it shows two light blue women dressed in Roman clothes on a green lawn, to the side of a gold altar with one eye. The woman on the ( heraldic ) right side (as personification of peace) holds an olive branch over the altar, the second woman kneeling to the left of the altar (as justice personified) holds offerings in the fire. Above the shield there is a cotton plant above a green-silver bead of a helmet , under the shield the state motto on a front silver, rear red ribbon in black: Pax et Justitia ( Latin , "Peace and Justice").

The colonial coat of arms showed an eye on the altar instead of the two clasping hands. One variant shows a green leaf of a breadfruit tree as the background of the coat of arms . The content of the coat of arms goes back to an older colonial plaque that was in use for the colony from 1907 at the latest.

Badge of the colonial government 1907–1979

Web links

• Coat of arms on a government page of the state

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arthur Charles Fox-Davies: The book of public arms . a complete encyclopædia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms. TC & EC Jack, London, Edinburgh 1915, pp. 712 (English).
2. ↑ Heraldry of Saint Vincent (Eng.)