Coats of arms of Portuguese colonies
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The coats of arms of the Portuguese Empire's colonies were all of a uniform style following 1935.[2] Two of them had, however, been using provisional coats of arms of the same style shortly prior to this.
Gallery
[edit]This gallery include the lesser coats of arms. The years given are for the coats of arms.
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- Mozambique
(1935–1975)
White with a green bundle of arrows tied together with a red ribbon (standing for St. Sebastian, the first colony was founded on the island São Sebastião). - Portuguese Guinea
(1935–1974)
Black with a golden scepter which ends in a negro’s head (used by King Afonso V). -
- Portuguese Timor
(1935–1975)
Gyronny of 8, black and white. In the center a cross, colors inverted, which ends in fleurs-de-lys. On the cross a blue shield with white disks. - São Tomé and Príncipe
(1935–1975)
Red with a golden wheel and axis of a water mill and drops of water.
Full coats of arms
[edit]- Angola
(1935–1951) - Angola
(1951–1975) - Cape Verde
(1935–1951) - Cape Verde
(1951–1975) - Macau
(1935–1951) - Macau
(1951–1976) - Macau
(1976–1999) - Mozambique
(1935–1951) - Mozambique
(1951–1975) - Portuguese Guinea
(1935–1951) - Portuguese Guinea
(1951–1974) - Portuguese India
(1935–1951) - Portuguese India
(1951–1961) - Portuguese Timor
(1935–1951) - Portuguese Timor
(1951–1975) - São Tomé and Príncipe
(1935–1951) - São Tomé and Príncipe
(1951–1975)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Portaria 8098: Aprova as ordenações das armas das colónias que, nos termos da Constituïção e do Acto Colonial, formam o Império Colonial Português", Diário do Govêrno n.º 104/1935, Série I de 1935-05-08, 597-599 (in Portuguese)
- ^ published in the Diário do Govêrno[1]