black shield in nigerian coat of arm represents the state seal.
black shield in nigerian coat of arm represents the state seal.
black shield in nigerian coat of arm represent?
the state seal
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Na
in 1841 general golovin, commander-in-chief of the caucasus, and senator gan, chairman of the commission for establishing governance of the transcaucasian region appointed by russian tsar, nikolai ii, notified the capital that the caspian region (including baku), and the other caucasian districts did not have any coat of arms. on 21 may 1843, tsar approved a coat of arms for the georgian-imeretian governorate and the caspian region (which included baku). the first coat of arms of baku city was in the form of a shield, divided in two. the upper half contained a golden background and the lower part had a blue background. the figures used in emblem included a camel carrying saffron, a tiger, burning gas that bursting from the ground, and an anchor. the 1843 baku coat of arms did not directly represent the city. on 16 march 1883, a new coat of arms for baku city designed and received imperial approval. the coat of arms designed in1883 resembled a black shield with three golden flames on it. on the top emblem there was a golden crown with two turrets and it was flanked by two golden spikes. the coat of arms baku also included a black shield with three golden torches which signified the natural resources such as oil and gas of the absheron peninsula. after the soviets came to power, all the symbols were changed in the azerbaijani heraldic coat of arms, as in other soviet republics. in addition, the city and region's emblems were redesigned. the emblem which previously designed in 1883, was adopted on april 14, 1967, with some modifications, and finally, in 1975, some additions were made. in 1967, three golden flames on the emblem were not changed but stylized. in addition, five sea waves were added to the lower part of the emblem.
coat of arms of baku