Coat of arms of Burkina Faso
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| Coat of arms of Burkina Faso | |
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| Armiger | Burkina Faso |
| Adopted | 1997 |
The
Official blazon
- one escutcheon bearing in the chief on a ribband argent the name of the country: "BURKINA FASO";
- in fess point an inescutcheon of two bands in fess with the banner of arms, sewn upon two crossed spears;
- two stallions rampant argent supporting on each side the escutcheon;
- in base, an open book;
- below, two stalks of millet with three pairs of green leaves in crescent coming from the bottom, and equidistant to the vertical passing through the points of the shield and the upper ray of the star of the flag, crossed and connected in their bases with a ribbon bearing the motto of the country "Unité - Progrès - Justice".[2]
Historic emblem (1984–1997)
Hammer and Sickle
), with the motto La Patrie ou la Mort, nous vaincrons ("Fatherland or death, we shall overcome"').
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Emblem 1984–1997
Coat of arms of Upper Volta
This somewhat resembles the current emblem, except that the enclosing shield has a blue background, the inescutcheon is based on the
flag of Upper Volta with the superimposed letters "RHV" (for République de Haute-Volta), and the motto was Unité, Travail, Justice ("Unity, Labour, Justice").[3]
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Coat of arms of Upper Volta from 1961-1984 -
![Unverified Coat of arms of Upper Volta possibly from 1967 [4][5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Coat_of_arms_of_Upper_Volta_%281967-1984%29.svg/115px-Coat_of_arms_of_Upper_Volta_%281967-1984%29.svg.png)
![Unverified Coat of arms of Upper Volta possibly from 1967 [4][5]](/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Upper_Volta_(1967-1984).svg)
References
- ^ "Burkina Faso". fotw.info. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ a b "Armoiries". Great Chancellery of Burkinabe Orders. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ISBN 0-688-01141-1), p. 125.
- ^ The International Flag Book in Color by Christian Fogd Pedersen, (1971), pp. 86, 188.
- ^ Flaggen, Wappen, Daten by Karl-Heinz Hesmer, (1975), p. 158.
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