Image: French Indo-Chinese version of the Great Seal of the French Republic (Jean Auguste Barre)
Description: A localised version of the Great Seal of France designed for French Cochinchina and (later) French Indo-China. The Great Seal of France with minor localisations. On the colonial seal a sheaf of rice replaces the traditional French symbols for agriculture (a sheaf of wheat), the arts (painter's tools), and science (burning lamp). On the right side of the seal the branches of oak were replaced by an anchor. The anchor symbolises the tact that colony of French Cochinchina was initially under the supervision of the Ministry of the Navy and the Colonies. and the removal of the Gallic cock on the rudder. Furthermore, and of symbolic importance, the urn symbolising universal suffrage on the French Great Seal was omitted from the colonial seal.
Title: French Indo-Chinese version of the Great Seal of the French Republic (Jean Auguste Barre)
Credit: Extracted from an Art-Hanoi coin on Wikimedia Commons.
Author: Jean Auguste Barre (25 September 1811 – 5 February 1896). Restyling SVG by MacMoreno
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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