NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles

The Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles consists of a shield, a crown and the motto. The shield itself shows five blue stars on a golden background, within a red border. These five stars stand for the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles and also are represented in the flag. The crown atop the shield is that of the Dutch sovereign. Under the shield is a ribbon with the motto: Libertate Unanimus (" United in Freedom"). Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_1996. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The Flag of the Netherlands Antilles is white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flags hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern... The Netherlands have been an independent monarchy since March 16, 1815, and have been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since. ...

The present coat of arms was adopted on January 1, 1986, the day that Aruba separated from the Netherlands Antilles and acquired a status aparte within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The current coat of arms replaced the previous version, which had been in use since October 23, 1964. That version of the arms contained six stars: again one for each island including Aruba. Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

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