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'''NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS OF ERITREA''' | '''NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS OF ERITREA''' | ||
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===Official blazon=== | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were adopted in 1993. | The arms were adopted in 1993. | ||
The logo shows a camel between laurel branches. Below the name of the country in Tigri, English and Arabic. The first arms for the then Italian colony of Eritrea were designed in 1919. The arms show a red lion with a star in the upper half and a wavy lower half. The meaning of these I do not know. | The logo shows a camel between laurel branches. Below the name of the country in Tigri, English and Arabic. | ||
The first arms for the then Italian colony of Eritrea were designed in 1919. The arms show a red lion with a star in the upper half and a wavy lower half. The meaning of these I do not know. | |||
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Only after independence a new state logo was adopted. | Only after independence a new state logo was adopted. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Images and information taken from [http://www.christian-siemer.de/wappen/afrika/eritrea.htm here] | [[Literature]] : Images and information taken from [http://www.christian-siemer.de/wappen/afrika/eritrea.htm here] | ||