Talk:Coat of arms of Burkina Faso

Anyone have a pic of the former coat of arms?

Josh 22:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I had one sticked on my mortocycle during the revolution... But I didn't make a photo... Ericd 15:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I found this picture of a T-shirt with the old coat of arm http://demokrasia-kenya.blogspot.com/2005/08/time-to-expose-dangerous-islamophobic.html. Ericd 15:53, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Yay, thanks. :) Josh 00:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

"Burchina Faso" is definetly wrong. It has to be "Burkina Faso" on the crest (see offical pages of Burkina Faso). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.203.16.133 (talk) 17:59, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Is there a version of the Sankarist coat of arms without the Wikipedia text?

Much appreciated if you could find any -- Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueRobot116 (talk o contribs) 16:56, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't really understand what you're asking. AnonMoos (talk) 17:32, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

There's text in the 1984 - 1997 Burkinabe coat of arms https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/694329506093072439/821439548680175667/image0.png BlueRobot116 (talk) 17:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Oh -- I didn't magnify the image to be able to see the writing on the book. I assumed it was just vague wavy lines. If there was meaningful writing on the book in the original 1980s coat of arms, I don't know what that was (it would not have been legible in most uses of the coat of arms). If you want me to replace the French text in the image with vague wavy lines, then I can do that... AnonMoos (talk) 18:28, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

According to heraldry-wiki it appears the text is supposed to actually be: "Burkina, Fasokeno, Kamba, Bibbe" and "Faso, A Ye Wihi, Yiky Ya! und Ukame Nete".

Do you think you might be able to fix that? NorthTension (talk) 15:49, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Ok, I added the text in a basic simple way. Someone could fiddle with it to make the text look more elegant, but it's not going to be legible in a 220px-wide thumbnail, regardless of what anyone does... AnonMoos (talk) 19:51, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

By the way, the 1967-1984 coat of arms shown on the Heraldry-wiki site is not known to the book Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci, Revised and updated by Whitney Smith (1982, ISBN 0-688-01141-1). The image for the 1961 coat of arms on Heraldry-wiki is taken from my SVG, where I tried to duplicate the coat of arms shown in the Talocci & Smith book to the best of my SVG abilities, but there are a number of small differences between my SVG file and what is printed in the book... AnonMoos (talk) 23:05, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Also, image https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/File:Uppervol.jpg is technically in copyright violation, since its use on that site does not comply with the terms of the "CC BY-SA 3.0" license which apply to image commons:File:Coat_of_arms_of_Upper_Volta.svg... AnonMoos (talk) 15:19, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Coat of arms of Upper Volta from 1967-1984

Does anyone have a source to confirm that this version of the coat of arms was actually used from 1967-1984? I see two stamps from Upper Volta from 1970 and 1980 which use the coat of arms with the blue shield. The 1980 stamp is Scott catalogue number 549 for reference. Also, what is the source for the dates of usage for the previous arms with the blue shield? I noticed as well on the Republic of Upper Volta page someone has included this 1967-1984 version of the coat of arms which I think should be changed to blue shield coat of arms. ElkandAcquerne (talk) 14:49, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

The only printed paper source I have direct physical access to right now is Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci, Revised and updated by Whitney Smith (1982, ISBN 0-688-01141-1), which implicitly indicates that the version in use around 1977-1982 was the white horses on a blue shield, with RHV inner shield ("inescutcheon"), as I said above. I don't know what the source for the other one is, other than Heraldrywiki... AnonMoos (talk) 17:06, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I have looked at some more stamps from Upper Volta with the coat of arms. All the stamps I have seen are with the blue shield version (or element styles of the blue shield version) from 1961 (Scott# 94), 1967 (Sc# 175), 1970 (Sc# 234), 1976 (Sc# 401, 402), 1980 (Sc# 549) and 1983 (Sc# 643). I am not able to verify the "second" version of the Upper Volta coat of arms ever existed? I have seen an Upper Volta passport and a medal with the blue shield version coat of arms as well. ElkandAcquerne (talk) 01:40, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

I turned up my copy of "A Guide to Heraldry" by Ottfried Neubecker. The only dates in my reprint copy (ISBN 0-7607-9034-5) are 2006/2007, but the combination of showing the Lion and Sun emblem for Iran and a Khalq faction emblem for Afghanistan dates its content pretty securely to 1979 or early 1980. It shows the blue shield / RHV arms for Upper Volta (still called by that name). AnonMoos (talk) 07:58, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

The book Flaggen, Wappen, Daten by Karl-Heinz Hesmer from 1975 may include information about this second "1967" coat of arms as it is the reference used by the website of civil heraldry by Hubert de Vries. I wonder if this second coat of arms was just a proposal or briefly used. I will try to find more information on this second version. I also will try to find one official government issued document with this coat of arms. I do not think one flag book reference would be enough to verify a coat of arms. ElkandAcquerne (talk) 13:33, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Then should it be labeled as “Possible coat of arms, reported in 1975”? 71.239.86.150 (talk) 22:32, 4 December 2023 (UTC)