Coat o airms o Equatorial Guinea

The naitional coat o airms o Equatorial Guinea wis adoptit on the 21st o August in 1979. 

This coat o airms shows a grey shield, which contains a tree. This tree is a silk cotton tree, or sae-cawed "God tree". This is whaur the first treaty wis signed atween Spain an the local ruler. Ower the shield, thare are sax sax-pointit stars. Thay staund for the mainland an the five main islands.

Motto
Unnerneath the shield is the naitional motto o Equatorial Guinea, Unidad, Paz, Justicia ("Unity, Peace, Juistice"). The motto wis adoptit in 1968. Durin the dictatorship o Francisco Nguema (1972-79) the airms an motto wur changed,http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gq_1973.html#nguema, a combination o different tuils an swords wi a cock ower aw, an motto on twa stripes, in the middle o the airms Trabajo (wirk), an belaw Unidad, Paz, Justicia, but the oreeginal 1968 coat o airms' motto wis restored efterward.

Historical coat o airms

See an aa
 Banner o Equatorial Guinea

References

Category:Naitional seembols o Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea