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![[Congo Dem. coat-of-arms]](../misc/cd).gif)
by Zeljko Heimer, 30 Apr 1999
Some time ago [tfb] shown a new seal of
Dep. Rep. Congo since June 1997 but when I visited embassy of Dep. Rep.
Congo in Tokyo the other day, they told me that they still use of
coat
of arms of Zaire / Congo-Kinshasa adopted in 1963 since leopard has
been a nation’s symbol and that the coat of arms was not adopted by the
Depocratic Republic of Congo. They could not show me the official statement
of coat of arms after revolution. Which one is right, lion in [tfb]
or leopard?
Nozomi Kariyasu, 02 Apr 1999
![[New Arms of 2003]](../images/c/cd)2.gif)
sent by Jens Pattke, 19 Jul 2004
from the transitional constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo
dated 1 Apr 2003 (from this
pdf-file).
Article 4
The Democratic Republic of Congo shall, within its borders of 30 June
1960, be an independent, sovereign, indivisible, democratic, social and
secular State.
Its emblem shall be a sky-blue flag with a large yellow star in the
centre and six small yellow stars all of the same size and set longitudinally
along the side of the flagpole.
The national anthem shall be "Debout Congolais".
The motto shall be "Democracy, Justice, Unity".
Its currency shall be the "Congo Franc".
Its coat of arms shall consist of a lion's head framed by two laurel
branches with hands crossed in the centre.
Jens Pattke, 19 Jul 2004
![[Congo Dem. Rep new arms?]](../images/c/cd)1.jpg)
sent by Zeljko Heimer, 18 Jul 2004
A regular visitor to my pages sent me this this COA image obviously
connected with DR Congo. What would this be? Is this a new DR Congo COA?
Does anyone know a bit more about it. What's with the previously reported
"starry" shield?
Zeljko Heimer, 18 Jul 2004
I don't know about the Congo connection, but book, hoe and AK-47 are
straight off the Mozambique flag. The cog wheel
was also used on that flag in the past.
Could this be related to some FRELIMO or
Mozambican-related group in Congo (or perhaps when it was Zaire)?
Richard Knipel, 18 Jul 2004
This image is taken from my website. The original image was posted by
Jaume Ollé on the Vexillum list on 30 Dec 2001, the source being
a postage stamp. However at this
webpage is the text (in French) about the transitional constitution
of the Democratic Republic of Congo dated 1 Apr 2003 where it is said that
the coat of arms features a lion's head surrounded by two laurels with,
in the center, two shaking hands ("Ses armoiries se composent d'une
tête de lion encadrée par deux lauriers avec au centre des
mains entrecroisées.").
So it seems that the actual coat of arms of the Democratic Republic
of Congo is a bit different.
Pascal Gross, 18 Jul 2004
The Senate and the Parliament shall gather very soon in Kinshasa to
finally end the so-called Transition. Among the issues raised are the new
Constitution, including the national symbols. The symbols chosen by the
representatives should later be validated by referendum.
The news appeared in the newspaper from Kinshasa "Le Phare"
and was relayed by several press agencies.
Ivan Sache, 20 Jul 2004
That is: "Its coat of arms is a lion´s head framed by, to the
left, a palm-tree branch and an arrow and, to the right, an ivory point
[pointer?] and a lance, all of it upon a rock."
This looks pretty much like the Zaire CoA, only the motto has been
exchanged for... a rock - and a reppard for a rion.
Nicolas Rucks, 2 Jul 2000
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The coat of arms (e.g. used in the top-left corner of the presidential
flag of Zaire). The text is "Justice, Peace, Work".
Marcus Wendel, 16 Aug 1999