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'''THE NATIONAL ARMS OF GABON''' | '''THE NATIONAL ARMS OF GABON''' | ||
[[File:gabon.jpg|center|450 px]] | [[File:gabon.jpg|center|450 px]] | ||
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|'''French''' | |||
| D'or, à la nef de sable équipée du même, au pavillon du Gabon, tiercé en fasce de sinople, d'or et d'azur, naviguant sur une mer d'azur ; au chef de sinople, chargé de trois besants d'or. Supports: Deux panthères noires. | |||
Soutiens: Un okoumé d'or. Devise: Union - Travail - Justice | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| Or, a ship sable, masts of the same, with the flag of Gabon, tierced in fess vert, or and azure, sailing upon a sea azure; a chief vert charged with three bezants. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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There are two mottoes, below the shield in French 'UNION, TRAVAIL, JUSTICE' ('Union, Work, Justice'), the second beneath the branches of the okoumé tree in Latin 'UNITI PROGREDIEMUR' ('We shall go forward united'). | There are two mottoes, below the shield in French 'UNION, TRAVAIL, JUSTICE' ('Union, Work, Justice'), the second beneath the branches of the okoumé tree in Latin 'UNITI PROGREDIEMUR' ('We shall go forward united'). | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Gabon|'''Literature''']]: Image Blasons République Gabonaise | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Districts of Gabon]] | [[Category:Districts of Gabon]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1963]] | [[Category:Granted 1963]] | ||
