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Colombia - Coat of Arms

by Luis carrillo, 14 November 2002

Coat of Arms
1955 Coat of Arms

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Coat of Arms

The version of the Coat of Arms shown in Album 2000 [pay00] is not entirely correct and that will be replaced in corr 1.
Zeljko Heimer, 16 May 2001

In National flags and distinctive markings - Change Nr 1 [pay01] - Coat of Arms - New design. Several details changed (also changed in all flags showinbg the coat of arms).
Ivan Sache, 8 October 2001

Last arms modification (and therefore flags with arms modification) was issued on 6 August 1955.
Jaume Ollé, 27 October 2001

Jaume's post says the Coat of Arms was last modified in 1955. It was said also 1924, and that the 1924 modifications were not significant. As far as I can tell, the difference between the two images is in the quality of the artistry and the presence in the newer image of shadows that are clearly an attempt to three-dimensionalize a web graphic, not an authentic element in the legal coat of arms.
Joe McMillan, 6 December 2002

Each time there were slight modifications. The 1924 Decree is the most comprehensive. Executive Decree 3558 (9 November 1949) established the official design according to 1924 decree that was not observed before. New executive decree was issued on 6 August 1955 in same sense and with modifiyng the condor slighty. Decree 1967 of 1991, established the use of the national arms. If I'm not wrong this information came from Prof. Restrepo Uribe.
Jaume Ollé, 28 December 2002

Concering Joe McMillan's remark, The new coat of arms of the Republic is in my opinion an artistic rendering of the Coat of Arms (actually a graphical-designer rendering). Shadows are not, however, an attempt to three-dimensionalize a web graphic: is an attempt to three-dimensionalize the Coat of Arms for all purposes.
Carlos Thompson, 10 Febuary 2003

when I was taught the Colombian coat of arms at school, the term they used was "gray". I found recently that it is suposed to be platinum. I have also seen it white as in the 1955 version above. The golden fimbrilation that is shown is not part of the blazon, as far as I know.
So, it is: tierced per fess, 1) azur pomegranate or open with seeds gules, two horns or, dexter with mineral wealth, sinester with fruits. 2) platinum a french revolutionary cap gules. 3) Azure for sea two mountain ranges green united by an ithsmus separating the sea, a vessel propper in each sea.
Carlos Thompson, 27 March 2003

1955 Coat of Arms

by Jaume Ollé, 27 October 2001