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-{|width="100%" style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;"
+'''NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS OF GHANA'''
-|width="15%"|[[File:Ghana.jpg|50 px|left]]
-|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic heraldry of [[Ghana]]'''
-|width="15%"|[[File:Ghana.jpg|50 px|right]]
-|}
-'''National Coat of arms of GHANA'''
+[[File:Ghana.jpg|400 px|center|alt=National Arms of Ghana]]
-[[File:Ghana.jpg|center]]
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| blazon wanted
+|}
-'''Origin/meaning :'''<br/>
+===Origin/meaning===
 The arms were adopted on March 4, 1957.
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 *7. Two eagle supporters, with black star medals suspended from a ribbon of the national colours around their necks symbolise protectors with strength, very clear and attentive eyes keeping watch over the country.
 *8. The motto is FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
+The national coat of arms as seen in Accra ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/edlynne/3163092648/in/photostream/ source]):<br>
+[[File:ghana3.jpg|center]]
 Previously the British colony used only a badge showing an elephant before a palm tree, identical to [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Gambia]], but with the letters GC for Gold Coast, the colonial name of Ghana.
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 [[Literature]] : [http://www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php]
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+{{media}}
 [[Category:Ghana]]
 [[Category:National Arms]]
 [[Category:Granted 1957]]