US-DeptOfHeathEducationAndWelfare-SealPhoto

Autor/Urheber:

National Archives and Records Service photo

Shortlink:

https://www.dewiki.de/b/83b6

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

211 x 215 Pixel (81491 Bytes)

Beschreibung:

Seal of the old United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The seal was defined by Executive Order 10510 on December 17, 1953. The blazon is defined here as:

SHIELD: Argent an open book with sanguine binding charged overall with a staff of Aescalapius paleways within an annulet of chain all proper.

CREST: On a wreath argent and sanguine an American bald eagle displayed and wings partially inverted proper.

Below the shield a white scroll inscribed with the motto SPES ANCHORA VITAE in black letters, all on a circular sanguine background within a white band, inner edge white, outer edge sanguine, and inscribed DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE U.S.A.

The Latin inscription means Hope is the anchor of life.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

From a photo of the seal on a dais (direct image URL [1]).

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