Coat o airms o Zimbabwe

The Coat o Airms o Zimbabwe wis adoptit on September 21, 1981, ane year an five month efter the naitional banner wis adoptit.

Description
The Coat o Airms depicts twa kudus on the left an richt, each standin on tap o an earthly moond componed o stalks o wheat, a pile o cotton, an a heid o maize.  At thair feet thare is an' a' a banner emblazoned wi the Zimbabwe naitional motto (Unity, Freedom, Wirk).  The shield itself is green, featurin 14 waves o alternatin white an blue waved lines at tap (chief argent), an an' a' at the centre o the shield a representation o the auncient Kinrick o Great Zimbabwe is shawn.  Placed ahint the shield are an agricultural hoe (tae the left) an an automatic rifle (tae the richt), baith o which are tied wi twistit strips o green an gowd silk.  On the crest, the red star an the Great Zimbabwe Bird, which are an aa depictit in the naitional banner, are shawn.

Meanings
The meanings o the Zimbabwe Coat f Airms are as follaes:
Kudus: the unity o Zimbabwe's various ethnic groups
Earthly Moond wi plants: the need tae always provide for the Zimbabweans
Motto Banner: the need tae maintain naitional unity an the preservation o freedom
Green Shield: the fertility o the kintra's soil an watter
Great Zimbabwe: the historical heritage o the naition
Hoe an Rifle: Celebrates the struggle for peace an democracy, as well as the proud wirk-ethic o the Zimbabwean fowk. Thay an aa seembolise the transition frae war tae peace.
Strips o Silk o gowd an green: the naitional financial enterprise ad the pertection o the economy
Red Star: hope for the future o Zimbabwe.  Conveys the revolutionary naitur o the 1980 achievement majority rule, an the struggle towards a fair, equal society.
Great Zimbabwe Bird: naitional identity
Blue an White Wavy Lines: Victoria Faws, watter which brings prosperity.

See also
 Coat o airms o Rhodesie

Category:Naitional seembols o Zimbabwe
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