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The coat of arms of Alabama depicts a shield upon which is carried the symbols of the five nations which have at various times held sovereignty over a part or the whole of what is now Alabama. These are the coat of arms of France, the ancient coat of arms of Crown of Castile for Spain (Castile quartering León), the Union Flag of the United Kingdom (which was not adopted until after Alabama's independence) and the battle flag of the Confederate States of America. On an escutcheon of pretence is borne the shield of the United States. The crest of the coat represents a ship (the "Badine") which brought the French colonists who established the first permanent European settlements in the state. Below is the state motto: ''Audemus jura nostra defendere'', meaning "We dare defend our rights." The bill to adopt a state coat of arms was introduced in the Alabama Legislature of 1939 by James Simpson, Jefferson County, and was passed without a dissenting vote by both houses. The original design of the Alabamian coat of arms was made in 1923 by B.J. Tieman, New York, an authority on heraldry, at the request of Marie Bankhead Owen, Director of the Department of Archives and History. A few years later Naomi Rabb Winston, Washington, DC, painted the completed design in oil. Mrs. Owen selected the motto which was put into Latin by Professor W.B. Saffold, of the University of Alabama. It was through the influence of Juliet Perry Dixon, wife of Governor Dixon, that official action was taken by the Legislature.〔 The Union Flag depicted on the coat of arms, which represents the period of British rule in Alabama prior to the 1783 Treaty of Versailles, is not actually the flag used at that time. It dates to the 1801 formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, whereas the preceding Kingdom of Great Britain held sovereignty over Alabama prior to the 1783 Treaty of Versailles. ==Use== Besides being used by itself, the coat of arms is used on many governmental seals of the state, as well as the flag of the governor of Alabama. File:Standard of the Governor of Alabama.svg|Flag of the Governor of Alabama File:Seal of the Governor of Alabama.svg|Seal of the Governor of Alabama File:Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.svg|Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Alabama File:Seal of the Governor-Elect of Alabama.svg|Seal of the Governor-Elect of Alabama File:Seal of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.svg|Seal of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles File:Seal of the Alabama Department of Public Health.svg|Seal of the Alabama Department of Public Health File:Seal of the Alabama Department of Public Safety.svg|Seal of the Alabama Department of Public Safety File:Seal of the Securities Commission of Alabama.svg|Seal of the Securities Commission of Alabama 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coat of arms of Alabama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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