The coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo has a shield with a rampant red lion holding a torch. The background color of the shield is gold with a green, wavy, horizontal stripe along the middle. A golden crown sits above the shield. Two large African elephants support the shield. A banner with the national motto "Unité Travail Progrès" ("Unity, Work, Progress" translated from "

La Congolaise "" (, ) is the national anthem of the Republic of the Congo. It was adopted upon independence from France in 1959, replaced in 1969 by "Les Trois Glorieuses "" was the anthem of the People's Republic of the Congo from January 1, 1970 through ...

") is draped from a bar supporting the elephants. The arms were adopted in 1960 and readopted in 1991 after having been replaced with a simpler, unheraldic symbol during the

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era from 1970–1991.

Official description

The coat of arms is described as follows:Journal Officiel de la Republique du Congo, 15 Août 1963, p. 717
/ref> *Or, a fess wavy vert, a lion gules, armed and langued vert, overall, maintaining a torch sable flamed gules. *A special forest crown. *The shield is supported by two elephants sable tusked or, issuing from the flanks of the shield and sustained on a tree trunk gules. *On the circle or of the forest crown: "République du Congo" in letters gules upon a scroll or. *Motto "Unité-Travail-Progrès" in letters gules upon a scroll or.

Historical symbols

File:Coat of arms of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg, Emblem of the People's Republic of the Congo (1970–1991)

References

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