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'''THE NATIONAL ARFMS OF CYPRUS ''' | |||
[[File:cyprus.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Or a dove rising proper in its beak argent an olive branch proper; in base, the year "1960" written in Sable | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show a pigeon and an olive branch, both symbols of peace. The year 1960 is the year of independence from Great Britain. | The arms show a pigeon and an olive branch, both symbols of peace. The year 1960 is the year of independence from Great Britain. | ||
The present arms as used by the government is actually not according to the constitution, as it is used with a silver olive branch and date, and described as a shield of copper-yellow, a colour which does not exist in heraldry. I thus keep the arms above as official arms, and the arms as used by the government are shown below. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:cyprus2.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms as currently (2012) used by the government | |||
|align="center"|[[File:cy-c3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a coin | |align="center"|[[File:cy-c3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a coin | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:cyprus.wes.jpg|center]] | |align="center"|[[File:cyprus.wes.jpg|center|200 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of the British Empire (small)|tobacco card]] (1910) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:cyprus.wesb.jpg|center|200 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>(reverse) | |||
|- | |||
|align="center"|[[File:cy-c1.jpg|center|200 px]] <br/>The arms on a coin, 1901. | |align="center"|[[File:cy-c1.jpg|center|200 px]] <br/>The arms on a coin, 1901. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align="center"|[[File:cypruscc.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms with two lions. | |align="center"|[[File:cypruscc.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms with two lions. | ||
|align="center"|[[File:cy-c2.jpg|center|200 px]] <br/>The arms on a coin, | |align="center"|[[File:cy-c2.jpg|center|200 px]] <br/>The arms on a coin, 1949. | ||
|} | |} | ||
The lion is based on the historical arms of the Kingdom of Cyprus, see below. | |||
===Kingdom of Cyprus=== | |||
{{tba}} | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:cyprusvr.jpg|alt=National Arms of Cyprus|The arms in a 16th century manuscript | |||
File:National Arms of Cyprus.hes.jpg|alt=National Arms of Cyprus|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
</gallery> | |||
===North Cyprus=== | ===North Cyprus=== | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:cy-c4.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a coin | |align="center"|[[File:cy-c4.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a coin | ||
|} | |} | ||
{{media}} | |||
[[Literature]] : Pedersen, 1979; old image provided by Mike Oettle, South Africa; arms of North Cyprus from http://www.kktcb.eu/index.php | [[Literature]] : Pedersen, 1979; old image provided by Mike Oettle, South Africa; arms of North Cyprus from http://www.kktcb.eu/index.php | ||