Arms of the Eternal City Rome:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Roma-Stemma.png
The formula SPQR = Senatus Populusque Romanus (The Senate and the Roman People) represent the ancient history. To this is added a Cross denoting Rome as capital of western christianity.
During the Facist goverment of Benito Mussolini a Capo d’Littorio was added to the arms of Rome (and several other civic arms).
http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/r/images/roma2.jpg
Picture from the International Civic Arms.
Turning north we land in Switzerland and Berne.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Bern.png
The arms is canting German Bär = Bear.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Vaduz.png
Arms of Vaduz capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Warsaw_emblem.png/410px-Warsaw_emblem.png
Warsaw.
I might also add that the Mermaid of Warsaw was used by the II Polish Army Corps who served with the Allies during World War II.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3448/2pkjr1.jpg
The II Polish Army Corps Base (Supply units ect.) used a variant with a blue shield:
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5772/2pkbasbx9.jpg
Pictures from the Book Wojsko Polskie 1939-1945 Barawa i Bron, Wydawnictwo Interpress Warsaw 1984.
Continuing further south we land i North Africa. The arms of Alger I have already shown so we continue to Morocco ant its capital Rabat.
http://www.marocinfo.net/to/images/stories/prov/rabat.jpg
Arms of the prefecture of Rabat. Sorry for the small picture.
http://flagspot.net/images/m/ma-rac.gif
The armorial banner of the municipality of Rabat in the 1960ies.
http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/images/sahara.jpg
El Aaiún (Western Sahara). These arms are form the Spanish times and probably are not used anymore. They also doubled as arms of the Spanish Sahara.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Dakar_CoA.gif
Dakar (Senegal).
http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/images/banjul.jpg
Banjul (formerly Bathurst, Gambia). The crest shows a native sailing boat, the sail charged with a arms holding a clubb. The motto is Banjul.
is that orange/tenne in the border of the arms of El Aaiún?
Marcus K;58495 wrote:
Arms of the Eternal City Rome . . .
I must say, this design seems terribly dull, and in fact ugly—hardly fitting for the preeminent city of Western Civilization. Mussolini’s addition in chief improved it a tiny bit, but not much. What a missed opportunity!
Donnchadh;58795 wrote:
is that orange/tenne in the border of the arms of El Aaiún?
It surely looks like it, but as I don’t have the blason I’am not quite sure.
Fred White;58799 wrote:
I must say, this design seems terribly dull, and in fact ugly—hardly fitting for the preeminent city of Western Civilization. Mussolini’s addition in chief improved it a tiny bit, but not much. What a missed opportunity!
Well I agree it is not so creative, here is the arms of the Province of Rome:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Provincia_di_Roma-Stemma.png
Marcus K;58800 wrote:
It surely looks like it, but as I don’t have the blason I’am not quite sure.
I don’t think so. If you compare it to the other colors, everything is washed out, and I believe orange is extremely rare in Spanish heraldry. Since this is a bordure of Castile and Leon, I’d bet heavily that it’s Gules.
Fred White;58799 wrote:
I must say, this design seems terribly dull, and in fact ugly—hardly fitting for the preeminent city of Western Civilization.
I disagree. SPQR was the highest expression of Roman identity, power, and pride for more than a millennium before heraldry ever existed. Nothing could be more symbolic of the city, and therefore nothing is more appropriate to serve as the principal charge on the city’s arms.
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Mussolini’s addition in chief improved it a tiny bit.
You must be joking.
Joseph McMillan;58805 wrote:
I disagree. SPQR was the highest expression of Roman identity, power, and pride for more than a millennium before heraldry ever existed. Nothing could be more symbolic of the city, and therefore nothing is more appropriate to serve as the principal charge on the city’s arms.
You must be joking.
SPQR is an impeccable charge, as is the cross, but the arms are still an aesthetic failure.
De gustibus, I guess.
And no, I’m not joking about the addition of the fasces, etc.