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| Coat of arms | Botswana |
| Blazon | Argent three barrulets wavy in fesse Botswana blue between in chief three Botswana blue cogwheels, one above engaged with two below and in base a brown bull's head caboshed proper, and for the supporters on either side a zebra the dexter supporting a white elephant's tusk the sinister a green stalk of sorghum and brown sorghum head with white grains proper. Motto "Pula" in black on a Botswana blue half tone scroll. The reverse side of the scroll is red. |
| Blazon reference | An Act to declare the Arms or Ensigns Armorial of Botswana, the National Flag of Botswana and the Standard of the President of Botswana; and to provide for matters incidental thereto |
| Tincture | argentazuretennévert |
| Date | 29 March 2009 |
| Object history | The arms is made up of a central tribal shield; the three blue waves represents water, the cogwheels represents industry and the bull's head husbandry and herding. The two supporters are zebras, the dexter zebra holds an ivory tusk which represents wildlife and tourism. The sinister zebra holds an ear of sorghum an important crop in the country. (The 'Zebras' is also the nickname for the national football team.) Finally the white with a black outline ribbon holds the motto "Pula" which means "rain" and "blessing" and is also the name of the currency. |
| Artist | Sodacan |
| Source | Own work |
| Other versions | Derivative works of this file: Zebra (Heraldry).svg |
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| current | 13:23, 11 June 2023 | | 588 × 454 (166 KB) | wikimediacommons>痛 | Updated colors to match the official version; added white grains to the sorghum accord. to blazon |
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