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I read in the College of Arms Newsletter (no. 70) - January 2023:
https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/newsletter/item/209-january-2023-newsletter-no-70
“The penultimate grant made by Her Majesty was to the British Overseas
Territory of Anguilla. On 27 November 1990, The Queen had granted it the
following arms: Argent in base the Sea of Turquoise hue in chief three natural
Dolphins embowed and leaping in a circle each tinctured Orange-Gold the Shield
garnished of Gold. At Sandringham on the 30th January 2020, The Queen further
granted a Crest and Supporters to the territory:
Crest: An Eel (Anguilla
anguilla) haurient proper crowned with an Ancient Crown Or.
Supporters: Dexter An Anguillan Fisherman proper wearing trousers rolled up to
the knee Azure with a cloth waistband Or holding with his dexter hand a Strap
Sable suspended therefrom by the mouth two pot fish namely a Jack Fish and a Red
Snapper proper Sinister An Anguillan Woman vested in an ankle and wrist length
Robe and Head Wrap Azure thereover an Apron Argent the lower hem and tied round
the waist with an Orange-Gold band holding by the Stalk a Maize Plant leaved
Vert fructed proper.”
Zoltan Horvath, 10 December 2024
Here the submitted image from 2017 at
https://theanguillian.com/2017/03/design-submitted-for-a-full-coat-of-arms-for-anguilla.
I have not located the final approved drawing.
Zachary Harden, 10
December 2024
image located by Jean-Marc Merklin, 10 December 2024
The coloured version was posted on Facebook.
Jean-Marc Merklin,
10 December 2024