Coat of arms of Gibraltar

Coat of arms of Gibraltar
ArmigerGibraltar
ShieldArgent, upon a base gules a castle triple-towered of the same ported and windowed sable with a cord issuant from the portal, pendent therefrom a key Or.
MottoMontis Insignia Calpe
"Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar"[1]

The coat of arms of Gibraltar was first granted by a Royal Warrant passed in Toledo on 10 July 1502 by Isabella I of Castile during Gibraltar's Spanish period.[1] The arms consists of an escutcheon and features a three-towered red castle under which hangs a golden key.

  1. ^ a b "National Symbols". Government of Gibraltar. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2012.