Descripción3rd Rejected US Coat of Arms.svg |
English: 3rd Proposed Coat of Arms of the United States, designed by William Barton and submitted to the Continental Congress on May 9, 1782
Shield: Barry of thirteen pieces, Argent & Gules; on a pale, Or, a Pillar of the Doric Order, Vert, reaching from the Base of the Escutcheon to the Honor point; and, from the Summit thereof, a Phœnix in Flames with Wings expanded, proper: the whole within a Border, Azure, charged with As many Stars as pieces barways, of the first.
Crest: On an Helmet of Burnished Gold, damasked, grated with six Bars, a Cap of Liberty, Vert; with an Eagle displayed, Argent, thereon: holding in his dexter Talon a Sword, Or, having a Wreath of Laurel suspended from the point; and, in the sinister, the Ensign of the United States, proper.
Motto, over the Crest: In Vindiciam Libertati (In defense of liberty)
Motto, under the Arms: Virtus sola invicta (Only virtue unconquered)
Supporters: On the dexter side, the Genius of the American Confœderated Republic: represented by a Maiden, with flowing Auburn Tresses; clad in a long loose, white Garment, bordered with Green; having a Sky blue Scarf, charged with Stars as in the Arms, reaching across her Waist from her right Shoulder to her left Side; and, on her head a radiated Crown of Gold, encircled with an Azure Fillet spangled with Silver Stars: round her Waist a purple Girdle, embroidered with the Word “Virtus”, in Silver[,] A Dove, proper, perched on her dexter Hand. On the sinister side, an American Warrior; clad in an uniform Coat, of blue faced with Buff, and in his Hat a Cockade of black & white Ribbons: in his left Hand, a Baton Azure, semé of Stars Argent. |