Coat of arms of Tonga

Coat of arms of Tonga Sila ʻo Tonga
Armiger	Tupou VI, King of Tonga
Adopted	4 November 1875
Crest	the Royal Crown of Tonga within an olive wreath.
Blazon	Quarterly; first, Or, three mullets of six points argent; second, Gules, the Royal Crown of Tonga proper; third, Azure a dove volant argent holding an olive branch vert; fourth Or, three swords in fret argent; overall, a mullet of six points argent charged with a cross couped gules.
Supporters	Flags of Tonga
Motto	Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku Tofiʻa "God and Tonga are my inheritance"

The coat of arms or national seal of Tonga (ko e Sila ʻo Tonga) was designed in 1875 with the creation of the constitution.

Description

There is no official specification of how exactly the arms should look. Even the shield on the front gate of the late king's palace is different from the old black/white copy used by the (ex-) government printer on all official stationery, is different from the copy on the prime minister's office webpage, etc. Some have pointed crowns, some rounded; some have normal flags, others have flags looking more like banners; some use the modern orthography, some the old (Ko e Otua mo Toga ko hoku Tofia); some have black swords, others white; and so forth.

Royal Standard

The Royal Standard of Tonga is the monarch's personal flag and is an armorial banner of the Royal Arms of Tonga.

See also

• Flag of Tonga

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coats of arms of Tonga.

• The Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Tonga (archived 14 April 2006)

This page was last edited on 20 February 2024, at 01:14