Image: Coat of arms of the French Republic

Description: "Coat of arms of the French Fifth Republic", displayed with the 1953 grand collar of the Legion of Honour. Blazoning: D'azur, au faisceau de licteur contourné posé en pal, sur deux branches de chêne et d'olivier passées en sautoir, le tout d'or lié par un ruban du même, chargé de la devise : Liberté — Fraternité — Égalité en lettres de sable This is the copyrighted work of Max Guéguen, heraldist: [1]
Title: Coat of arms of the French Republic
Credit: Hans-Ulrich Herzog, Flaggen und Wappen, Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1982.
Author: Hans-Ulrich Herzog
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