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Coat of arms of Bolívar Department

Coat of arms of Bolívar
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Armiger The Department of Bolívar
Crest An eagle expansed holding a wreath of olives in its beak.
Escutcheon Modern French bordure diminished argent, per fess, the chief per pale, Or a palm tree proper, gules five bezants, azure a sailboat proper, on stern the flag of Bolívar, on barry wavy argent and azure.
Motto Ab Ordine Libertas
Other elements Mantled Or.
Use Gubernatorial Flag, official paperwork.

The Coat of arms of the Department of Bolívar is the official Coat of arms of the Department of Bolívar. The Coat of arms had been in used before 1856, but in that year the Sovereign State of Bolívar was created, and its symbols changed, The new coat of arms, would be the same as the Coat of arms of Colombia but with a red oval around it, that read “ESTADO SOBERANO DE BOLIVAR”. In 1886 the states were suppressed and Departments created instead, the symbols were used once again but the originals were corrupted and so there are some variations on the current coat of arms, and that which was specified on the blazon.

The shield is a traditional in Spanish Heraldry, is of a squared form with a small appendage in the lower middle part. It is also tierced in a party per fess, in chief per pale manner, and fimbriated in argent.

It is crowned by an goshawk with a garland of olive, that rests upon the shield, with a scroll behind it, and is mantled in Or on the sides.

The first division, occupying the upper left corner, is a field of or charged by coconut palm. The coconut palm is a distinct feature of the Caribbean. The field represents gold and the richness of the land, the palm tree symbolizes stability and love in heroic enterprises.

The second division, occupying the right upper corner, is a field of gules with five Solidus coins in argent placed in sotuer. The gules, or red, represents valor, honor, fire, and victory, and also loyalty to the crown. The coins are supposed to be in argent or silver, representing purity, faith and obedience, but instead they are now displayed in Or, or gold, probably to suppress its meaning of obedience, trying to be more independent, and less royalist.


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