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'''THE NATIONAL EMBLEM AND COAT OF ARMS OF EAST TIMOR''' | '''THE NATIONAL EMBLEM AND COAT OF ARMS OF EAST TIMOR''' | ||
[[File:Easttimor.jpg|center]] | [[File:Easttimor.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
====Origin/meaning | ===Official blazon=== | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The emblem/coat of arms of East Timor was officially adopted on January 18, 2007. | The emblem/coat of arms of East Timor was officially adopted on January 18, 2007. | ||
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East Timor was a Portuguese colony until 1975. | East Timor was a Portuguese colony until 1975. | ||
In 1935 the then Portuguese colony received its first arms, based on the same structure as all Portuguese colonies (compare [[Angola]], [[Macao]] and [[Mozambique]]). The upper right half and the bottom are identical for all colonies and show the 5 shields of the Portuguese National arms and the waves for the 'overseas' colonies. The upper left half differs between the colonies and for East Timor a black and white Dominican cross in recognition of the role played by the Dominican Order in converting the East Timorese to Roman Catholicism. | In 1935 the then Portuguese colony received its first arms, based on the same structure as all Portuguese colonies (compare [[Angola]], [[Macao]] and [[Mozambique]]). The upper right half and the bottom are identical for all colonies and show the 5 shields of the Portuguese National arms and the waves for the 'overseas' colonies. The upper left half differs between the colonies and for East Timor a black and white Dominican cross in recognition of the role played by the [[Dominican Order]] in converting the East Timorese to Roman Catholicism. | ||
When in 1951 the colony was transformed into a province, the text on the banner was changed from Colony to Province, but the arms itself remained unchanged. The arms were abandoned at the independence in 1975. | When in 1951 the colony was transformed into a province, the text on the banner was changed from Colony to Province, but the arms itself remained unchanged. The arms were abandoned at the independence in 1975. | ||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:porttimor1.jpg|center|350 px]] <br/>The arms from 1935 | |align="center"|[[File:porttimor1933.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms 1933-1935 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:porttimor2.jpg|center|350 px]] <br/>The arms from 1951 | |align="center"|[[File:porttimor1.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms from 1935 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:porttimor2.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms from 1951 | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:tl-c1.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>Coin with the colonial arms | |align="center"|[[File:tl-c1.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Coin with the colonial arms | ||
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[[File:timor.jpg|center]] | [[File:timor.jpg|center]] | ||
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[[Literature]] : - | [[Literature]] : - | ||