Danish West Indies
The Danish West Indies was a Danish colony consisting of three islands in the Caribbean. In 1917 they were sold to the US and renamed as the US Virgin Islands.
Heraldry
The colony or the individual islands never were granted arms. The arms shown above are sometimes seen as a symbol for the islands, but had no official status. The image above is can be seen in the Copenhagen city hall, where the arms of all Danish possessions at the time were shown and also included the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland. The images date from around 1910-1915.
The arms above show the three islands represented by palm trees under a sun.
The islands also issued stamps, but none of these showed arms. Coins and banknotes were issued since the late 18th century, but only showed the Danish National arms and/or the monogramme of the ruling King.
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