Coat of Arms of Venezuela

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The current Coat of Arms of Venezuela was primarly approved by the Congress on April 18, 1836, undergoing small modifications through history, reaching the version described below.

The coat of arms comprehends, as established in the Law of the National Flag, Coat of Arms and Anthem (Ley de Bandera, Escudo e Himno Nacionales), passed on February 17, 1954, the next: in its main corpse, it shows in background the colors of the National Flag, into three spaces in clockwise order from the right. The red space on the right depicts a handful of wheat, as a symbol of the union of the 20 States of the Republic existing at the time, besides of the wealth of the Nation. The yellow coloured section at the right has some weapons and two National Flags, tied up by a branch of laurel, as a symbol of triumph in war. The third space below, with the blue depht color, shows a wild white horse (maybe an emulation of Simón Bolívar's horse, Palomo, who was white coloured), running free in the field, with its head turned to the right, being this an emblem of independence and freedom.

As a topping to the coat, there are two cornucopias, also known as Horn of Plenty, symbolizing prosperity, and embraced by the middle, turned down destiling wealth. At the extreme sides of the coat there are: a branch of olive at the right, and another of palm, both tied at the bottom of the coat with a large band that represents the national tricolour (yellow, blue and red). On the blue fringe are the following captions, written in golden letters: 19 de Abril de 1810, (April 19, 1810), above of the word Independencia (Independence). At he left side, 20 de Febrero de 1859 (February 20, 1859), above of the word Federación (Federation). Finally, at the bottom centre of the band, it is written República de Venezuela (Republic of Venezuela).