Seal of San Francisco, California
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The seal of city and county of San Francisco, California
, is a coat of arms that includes a crest, supporters and a motto, ringed with the municipality's name.
The current seal was adopted in 1859 by the Board of Supervisors, and superseded a similar seal that had been adopted seven years earlier.. The shield shows the Golden Gate
and the hills on each side as it looked in 1859, and a paddlewheel steamship entering San Francisco Bay
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Above the shield is a crest with a phoenix
, the legendary Greek bird rising from the ashes. The shield is flanked by two supporters, a miner, holding a shovel, in dexter; and a sailor, holding a sextant, in sinister, both in 1850s period clothing. At the feet of the supporters are a plow and anchor, emblems of commerce and navigation. Below the shield is a motto that reads "Oro en paz, en guerra fierro", which is Spanish for "Gold in peace, iron in war"..
The official description of the seal does not assign colors.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, is a coat of arms that includes a crest, supporters and a motto, ringed with the municipality's name.
The current seal was adopted in 1859 by the Board of Supervisors, and superseded a similar seal that had been adopted seven years earlier.. The shield shows the Golden Gate
Golden Gate
The Golden Gate is the North American strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Since 1937 it has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge...
and the hills on each side as it looked in 1859, and a paddlewheel steamship entering San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
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Above the shield is a crest with a phoenix
Phoenix (mythology)
The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....
, the legendary Greek bird rising from the ashes. The shield is flanked by two supporters, a miner, holding a shovel, in dexter; and a sailor, holding a sextant, in sinister, both in 1850s period clothing. At the feet of the supporters are a plow and anchor, emblems of commerce and navigation. Below the shield is a motto that reads "Oro en paz, en guerra fierro", which is Spanish for "Gold in peace, iron in war"..
The official description of the seal does not assign colors.