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Orders, decorations, and medals of Belize (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Belize" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The coat of arms of Belize or national seal of Belize was adopted upon independence, and the current coat of arms is only slightly different from that used when Belize was a British colony (the Union Jack has been removed, and a Mestizo woodcutter has replaced one of the supporting Afro-Belizean woodcutters). [1] [2]
The BDF, with the Belize National Coast Guard and the Immigration Department, is a department of the Ministry of Defence and Immigration. In 1997 the regular army numbered more than 900, the reserve army 381, the air wing 45 and the maritime wing 36, amounting to an overall strength of approximately 1,400. [45]
Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America: Three horizontal strips light blue (upper and lower) and white (central), with the coat of arms in the center. 1824-1836: Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America: Similar to the previous flag. 1825–1836: Flag of Guatemala within Central America: Three horizontal strips blue (upper and ...
The flag of Belize is the only country to have humans depicted as a major design element on its national flag, although the flag of Malta contains an image of Saint George on the badge of the George Cross, and the flags of British overseas territories Montserrat and the Virgin Islands, and that of French Polynesia also depict humans.
Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [7] Bangladesh: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [8] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis: Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha Belize: Baird's tapir (national animal) Tapirus bairdii [9] Keel-billed toucan (national bird) Ramphastos sulfuratus [10] Botswana: Plains ...
A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda . In the first personifications in the Western World , warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength ...
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