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Coat of arms of Somalia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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The coat of arms of Somalia was adopted on October 10, 1956, by the then Italian Trust Territory of Somaliland and features a golden framed shield of the Somali flag supported by two Leopards standing on spears. The Leopard is a common animal seen in Somalia. Leopards are a common motif in Somali culture. The arms were designed by the Italian Giuseppe Ricci, born in Ravenna on 29th of April, 1912.

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This entry incorporates text from “Coat of arms of Somalia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.