Coat of arms of Albania
The Coat of arms of Albania (Albanian: Stema e Republikës së Shqipërisë) is an adaptation of the Flag of Albania which is based on the flag and seal of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg. The helmet above the head of the two-headed eagle is the helmet of Skanderbeg, surmounted with billy goat's horns. Official regulation. The coat of arms is described in Article 14 of the Constitution of Albania: The design is further specified in articles VII and VIII of Law 8926: Significance of the helmet. Skanderbeg's helmet is made of white metal, adorned  with a strip dressed in gold. On its top lies the head of a horned goat made of bronze, also dressed in gold. The bottom part bears a copper strip adorned with a monogram separated by rosettes: * IN * PE * RA * TO * RE * BT *, standing for Iesus Nazarenus * Principi Emathie * Regi Albaniae * Terrori Osmanorum * Regi Epirotarum * Benedictat Te (Jesus the Nazarene Blesses Thee, Prince of Mat, King of Albania, Terror of the Ottomans, King of Epirus). The inscriptions on the helmet may refer to the unsettled name by which Albania was known at the time, as a means to identify Skanderbeg 's leadership over all Albanians across regional denominative identifications. Contemporary sources show that 14th century Albanians were invariably identified as a tribal peoples, with no state of their own. Thus, depending on where they lived – North or South, in the plains or in the mountains, and to which civilization they subscribed to - we have Turkish "Arnauts", Greek "Arbanites" or "Albanoi", Albanian "Arbër", "Arben", "Arbëreshë," "Epirotas." Sami Frashëri in his Kamus-al-Alam maintains that the wording "Dhu lKarnejn" (owner of the two horns) was an appellative attributed to Alexander the Great of Macedon, the very name which Skanderbeg bore in  the Islamic form. This second explanation may not be the truer, since the theory of the Macedonian-Albanian and Epirot-Albanian continuance is strong among Albanians but not among all the peoples of Europe. This opinion agrees with the work of Marin Barleti who writes: "When the people saw all those young and brave men around Skanderbeg, then it was not hard to believe that the armies of Murad II were so defeated by the Albanians. Indeed, the times when the star of Macedon shone brilliantly had returned, just as they seemed in those long forgotten times of Pyrrhus and  Alexander." Modern day interpretation. On the front page of the biweekly periodical, "Albania", published in Brussels since 1896 by Faik Konica, an illustration of a double-headed eagle is shown, with a flame torch rising between its heads. A small ribbon located around the handle displays the word "UNITAS" (Oneness) that can be interpreted as a call of unity for all Albanians. The chest of the eagle is covered by a shield, in the left corner above which hangs a black cross. A waving stripe across the shield, wraps around the body and ends on both sides of the eagle 's neck, leaving the wings free, half-gathered. It reads: "ALBANIA". On each upper side of the ribbon, is written on the left: ANNO and on the right: 1896. Two claws hold a lower ribbon, hanging in the shape of an arch where the following text in Latin reads: "UNGUIBUS ET ROSTRIS", meaning: "Claws and Beaks". This graphic work of art was conceived by Belgian painter , under the instructions of Konica himself.