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English: Coat of arms of the Central African Federation
Deutsch: Wappen der Zentralafrikanischen Föderation
Date
  • 1953
  • 2013 (vectorization)
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Created according to http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Zambia.htm
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  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
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This file depicts a coat of arms.

The composition of coats of arms are generally public domain with respect to copyright laws, and may be reproduced freely. This corresponds to the international traditional usage, and is explicitly stated in some national copyright laws. Some compositions, of more recent origin, may be copyrighted.

This is not a valid license as such, being a "public domain" statement for the coat of arms definition only. It must be completed with the copyright tag associated to the picture creation.

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Please note that this applies only to the coat of arms definition (composition / description). The representation of a coat of arms is an artistic creation, subject as such to copyright laws.

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:30, 25 February 2013Thumbnail for version as of 18:30, 25 February 2013510 × 496 (606 KB)Fenn-O-maniCBetter version based on http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Zambia.htm
22:14, 14 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 22:14, 14 November 2007788 × 778 (321 KB)Cronholm144finished fleshing out
20:28, 12 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 20:28, 12 November 2007788 × 778 (101 KB)Cronholm144more stuff
05:58, 1 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 05:58, 1 November 2007788 × 778 (33 KB)Kaboom88~commonswiki
05:52, 1 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 05:52, 1 November 2007490 × 494 (31 KB)Kaboom88~commonswiki

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