The Coat of arms of Papua New Guinea consists of a a bird of paradise over traditional spears. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the flowering plant of this name, see Strelitzia Genera Cicinnurus Diphyllodes Epimachus Lophorina Manucodia Paradisaea Parotia Ptiloris Seleucidis Lesser Bird of Paradise Paradisaea minor (c)Roderick Eime The birds of paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes, found in Oceania. ... Hunting spear and knife, from Mesa Verde National Park. ...

Red and black have long been traditional colors of many Papua New Guinean tribes. Black-white-red was the color of the German Empire's flag, which had colonized New Guinea prior to 1918. Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 625–750 nm. ... Black cat, thought by some to cause bad luck (see superstition) Black is the shade of objects that do not reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum. ... Motto Gott mit Uns (German: God with us”) Anthem Heil dir im Siegerkranz (unofficial) Territory of the German Empire in 1914, prior to World War I Capital Berlin Language(s) Official: German Unofficial minority languages: Danish, French, Frisian, Polish, Sorbian Government Constitutional monarchy Emperor  - 1871–1888 William I  - 1888 Frederick... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

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Coats of arms of Oceania

	Australia Image File history File links Australia. ...	Australia · Norfolk Island · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands The Coat of arms of Norfolk Island is the official symbol of the island and external Australian territory of Norfolk Island. ...
	Melanesia Copyright 2004 Affordable Solutions Pty Ltd Aust. ... Map showing Melanesia. ...	East Timor · Fiji · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu The coat of arms of East Timor (officially: Timor-Leste) contains the shield of Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense (National Council of Timorese Resistance). ... the coat of arms rule ...
	Micronesia Image File history File links Micronesia. ...	Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau The coat of arms of the Marshall Islands consists of a blue background, which represents the sea. ...
	Polynesia Image File history File links Polynesia. ... Carving from the ridgepole of a Māori house, ca 1840 Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...	American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · New Zealand · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna The Seal of American Samoa is based in traditional local design. ... The Coat of Arms of the Cook Islands has a shield as its focal point The shield contains the fifteen stars found on the national flag. ... To the right is the Coat of Arms of New Zealand. ... The Coat of arms of Wallis and Futuna consists of elements from the unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna featuring a red saltire on a white square, which in turn is placed on a red field (alternatively, a larger white cross pattée is used). ...