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Summary

Coat of arms

English: of Central Africa, used from 1979

Blazon

- Ecu écartalé à la bordure de sable,

- Au 1, de sinople à la tête arrachée d’éléphant d’argent,

- Au 2, d’argent à un arbre arrachée de sinople,

- Au 3, d’or à trois étoiles mal ordonnées à quatre raies de sable percées d’argent,

- Au 4, d’azur à un doigt arraché de sable.

- Sur le tout: écu en coeur, de gueule à la filière d’argent chargé d’un tourteau d’argent portant Afrique de sable surchargé d’une étoile d’or à cinq raies.

- L’écu surmonté d’un soleil issant, chargé de: “1er Décembre 1958”.

- Le tout soutenu à dextre et à senestre, par l’embleme national.

- Collier: l’Ordre National du Mérite Centrafricain.

- Amê: “ ZO KWE ZO ”

“ SO ZO LA ”

- Devise: Unité – Dignité – Travail.

Blazon reference

Fandos-Rius J., The Central African Republic Flag, page 17

Date

19 January 2011

Artist

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Imperial Coat of arms of Central Africa (1976–1979).svg (by TRAJAN 117).

Source

Own work based on: Coat of arms of the Central African Republic-NEW.png and Coat of arms of the Central African Republic.png

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:56, 30 December 2023	750 × 713 (47 KB)	VulpesVulpes42	Reverted to version as of 19:16, 28 December 2023 (UTC) As per the official blazon: “Au 4, d’azur à un doigt arraché de sable.”
	17:18, 29 December 2023	720 × 685 (235 KB)	Fry1989	This version has been accepted for a long time and includes numerous improvements.
	19:16, 28 December 2023	750 × 713 (47 KB)	Dughorm	Reverted to version as of 12:47, 2 July 2023 (UTC) - correct and artistically superior
	15:28, 2 October 2023	720 × 685 (235 KB)	DieguarWikier	Reverted to version as of 05:58, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
	12:47, 2 July 2023	750 × 713 (47 KB)	SVG-image-maker	Changed black thing in inescutcheon to a map of Africa per blazon, text "1er DECEMBRE 1958" to path, improved Order of Central African Merit according to https://www.emedals.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/a/_/a_5280.jpg
	05:58, 1 January 2023	400 × 400 (43 KB)	Meanassiant	Reverted to version as of 01:42, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
	05:58, 1 January 2023	720 × 685 (235 KB)	Meanassiant	Reverted to version as of 15:42, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
	01:42, 31 December 2022	400 × 400 (43 KB)	Meanassiant	Reverted to version as of 08:08, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
	01:41, 31 December 2022	400 × 400 (41 KB)	Meanassiant	Reverted to version as of 16:52, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
	08:08, 3 April 2021	400 × 400 (43 KB)	Dughorm	Reverted to version as of 12:18, 2 April 2021 (UTC) - No explanation or sources in the previous edit.