Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo explained

Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo
Armiger:Republic of the Congo
Year Adopted:1960 (readopted in 1991)
Crest:A special forest crown. On the circle or of the forest crown: "République du Congo" in letters gules upon a scroll or.
Shield:Or, a fess wavy Vert, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Vert, overall, maintaining a torch Sable flamed Gules.
Supporters:Two war elephants sable tusked or, issuing from the flanks of the shield
Compartment:A tree trunk gules
Motto:Unité, Travail, Progrès
"Unity, Work, Progress"

The coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo has a shield with a rampant red lion holding a torch. The background color of the shield is gold with a green, wavy, horizontal stripe along the middle. A golden crown sits above the shield. Two large African war elephants support the shield. A banner with the national motto "Unité Travail Progrès" ("Unity, Work, Progress" translated from "La Congolaise") is draped from a bar supporting the war elephants. The arms were adopted in 1960 and readopted in 1991 after having been replaced with a simpler, unheraldic symbol during the People's Republic of the Congo era from 1970–1991.

Official description

The coat of arms is described as follows:[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sgg.cg/JO/1963/congo-jo-1963-19.pdf Journal Officiel de la Republique du Congo, 15 Août 1963, p. 717