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'''NATIONAL ARMS OF SURINAME'''
'''NATIONAL ARMS OF SURINAME'''


[[File:Suriname.gif|center]]
[[File:Suriname.gif|center|Wapen van Suriname]]


====Origin/meaning====
====Origin/meaning====
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|align="center"|[[File:Suriname1.jpg|center]]<br>The arms of Suriname from a document from 1796 ([http://www.kitlv.nl source])
|align="center"|[[File:Suriname3.jpg|center|Wapen van Suriname]]<br>The arms of the Sociëteit van Suriname from a document from 1760 (Algemeen Rijksarchief, Den Haag, W.I. Suriname 405)
|align="center"|[[File:Suriname1.jpg|center|Wapen van Suriname]]<br>The arms of the Sociëteit van Suriname from a document from 1796 ([http://www.kitlv.nl source])
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|align="center"|[[File:Suriname2.jpg|center]]<br>The colonial arms of Suriname
|align="center"|[[File:Suriname3.jpg|center|Wapen van Suriname]]<br>The colonial arms of Suriname in 1781 ([https://bukubooks.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/reglement/ source])
|align="center"|[[File:Suriname2.jpg|center|Wapen van Suriname]]<br>The colonial arms of Suriname in the 19th century
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The modern were adopted 15 December 1959, several years after becoming an autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954. When Suriname became independent on 25 November 1975 these arms were slightly revised (the hair of the Indians was changed from blond to black.....) and the meaning of the symbols was changed as can be seen above.  
The modern were adopted 15 December 1959, several years after becoming an autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954. When Suriname became independent on 25 November 1975 these arms were slightly revised (the hair of the Indians was changed from blond to black.....) and the meaning of the symbols was changed as can be seen above.  


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|align="center"|[[File:Suriname.hag.jpg|center|Wapen van Suriname]]<br>The arms of Suriname in the [[Koffie Hag albums]]
|align="center"|[[File:Suriname.tile.jpg|center|Wapen van Suriname]]<br>The arms of Suriname on a 1930s tile
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|align="center"|[[File:sr-c1.jpg|center|Wapen van Suriname]]<br>The arms on a 1987 coin
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