Coat of arms of Saint Lucia

Coat of arms of Saint Lucia

Details
Armiger	Elizabeth II in Right of Saint Lucia
Adopted	1967
Crest	On a steel helmet facing to the dexter, lambrequined Azure and Or, a hand holding a torch and two sugar-cane leaves in saltire, all proper.
Torse	Or and Azure
Escutcheon	Azure, between a Tudor-rose Argent and Gules in the first and the fourth quarter, and a fleur-de-lys Or in the second and the third quarter, a bamboo-cross charged with a chiefs-stool Or.
Supporters	Two parrots proper, billed Or
Motto	The land, The people, The light

The Saint Lucian coat of arms was designed by Sydney Bagshaw in 1967 and was adopted during pre-independence at the time of internal self-government. The national motto (the land, the people, the light) is found at the bottom.

This symbol represents the official seal of the Government of Saint Lucia. The following is a brief description of the coat of arms.

Tudor Rose - England
Fleur de lis - France
Stool - Africa
Torch - Beacon to light the path
Saint Lucia amazon - the national bird

References

The coat of arms of Saint Lucia, information from the government of Saint Lucia

External Links

Biography available in The Designers (Saint Lucia National Symbols)
Coat of Arms of Saint Lucia

Coats of arms of North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Navassa Island Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

National Symbols of Saint Lucia

National flag Coat of arms National anthem National flower National bird Bamboo and calabash tree (national trees)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.