Coat of arms of Guinea explained

Coat of arms of Guinea
Armiger:Republic of Guinea
Year Adopted:1993
Motto:Travail, justice, solidarité
"Work, Justice, Solidarity"

The present coat of arms of or national seal of Guinea was adopted in 1993.

Features

The Guinean coat of arms features a dove with a golden olive branch in its beak over a ribbon with "Work justice solidarity". The arms formerly also included a crossed sword and rifle. A former coat of arms in 1958 features a shield with an elephant on it. Sources differ on the colours. One version has the shield divided vertically into red and green with a yellow elephant with a white dove/olive branch and white scroll with black writing. Another version has the shield divided verticaly into red and yellow with a green elephant with a green dove/olive branch and green scroll with white writing. [1]

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Notes and References

  1. Flags and Arms across the World' by Whitney Smith, (1980), p. 95.