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''' | '''NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS OF GHANA''' | ||
[[File:Ghana.jpg|center]] | [[File:Ghana.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were adopted on March 4, 1957. | 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. | *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. | *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. | 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. | ||
[[FIle:ghana2.jpg|center]] | [[FIle:ghana2.jpg|center]] | ||
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[[Literature]] : [http://www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php] | [[Literature]] : [http://www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php] | ||
[[Category:Ghana]] | [[Category:Ghana]] | ||
[[Category:National | [[Category:National Arms]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1957]] | [[Category:Granted 1957]] |
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