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| |width="70%" align="center" | <font size=x-large> '''Heraldry of the World<br>The main resource for civic heraldry since 1996 with over 70.000 images''' </font>
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| <font size=5><center>'''Kiribati'''</center></font> | | <font size=5><center>''' Kiribati'''</center></font> |
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| | [[File:Kiribati.jpg|300 px|center|National Arms of Kiribati]] |
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| |align="center"|[[File:Kiribati-flag.gif]] | | ==National symbols== |
| |align="center"|[[File:Kiribati-location.jpg]]
| | *[[File: Kiribati.jpg|150 px|National Arms of Kiribati]][[National Arms of Kiribati]] |
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| | *[[File: Kiribati-flag.gif|150 px|border]]National Flag of Kiribati |
| |align="center"|The National Arms of Kiribati
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| As far as I know, none of these uses arms. | | As far as I know, none of these uses arms. |
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| ==National arms== | | ==Other heraldry== |
| [[File:Kiribati.jpg|center]]
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| The coat of arms of Kiribati is nearly the same that the one given to Gilbert & Ellice Islands Colony in 1937 (£25 were paid by the Colony for that!), image shown below.
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| The motto on the old arms is written both in Gilbertese and Tuvaluan (the polynesian language of Ellice Islands, now [[Tuvalu]]). When the Ellice Islands became independent, the Gilberts kept the same coat of arms with a new motto (only in Gilbertese): 'Te Mauri, Te Raoi ao Te Tabomoa' meas 'Health, Peace and Prosperity' with 'Mauri' used as main greetings (like Hello).
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| The Gilberts became independent as Kiribati on 12 July 1979 and the arms were adopted as national arms at the same day.
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| The arms show a yellow frigatebird over a rising sun on a red background. The frigate bird is a common animal on the islands. The base shows the Pacific Ocean with three silver stripes for each of the island groups. <br>
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| The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island).
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| ==Heraldic collector's items===
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| * [[Kiribati (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Kiribati]] | | * [[Kiribati (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Kiribati]] |
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