Considered as a legacy from the British with slight modifications, the Jamaican coat of arms was granted to Jamaica in 1661 under Royal Warrant. The original was designed by William Sancroft, then Archbishop of Canterbury.
The original motto, INDUS UTERQUE SERVIET UNI is the Latin translation for “The Indians twain shall serve one Lord“. The motto was replaced in 1962 with the English motto “Out of Many, One People“, as tribute to the unity of the different cultural minorities inhabiting the nation.
The motto is represented on the Coat of Arms, showing a male and female member of the Taino tribe standing on either side of a shield which bears a red cross with five golden pineapples. The crest shows a Jamaican crocodile mounted on the Royal Helmet of the British Monarchy and mantling.
Details
- Designer: Victor Whitely
- Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark: Multiple J & Pineapple
- Perf: 14 x 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A
- Sheet: R6 x 10
- Quantity:
- Reprint:
- 1 June 1965
- 15 August 1967
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