Seal of Maryland

The seal of the U.S. state of Maryland was changed in 1969 to provisionally last time.

Description

The Seal of Maryland shows a farmer and a fisherman as supporter of a shield whose design finds himself in the flag flag of Maryland. The design of the flag and seal based on the colors of the house of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, and is formed from the family coat of arms Calvert and Crossland, made ​​up the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore, the founder and former " owner" of the colony. case, each branch of the family is represented by two quarters of the flag.

Under the shield is the motto of the Italian State:

Maryland is now the only U.S. state that leads an Italian motto.

Around the seal with the year 1632 and the Latin motto:

This quote from the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible is taken from Psalm 5 and reads in the German translation as follows:

The year 1632 is reminiscent of Lord Baltimore, 1632 for the country received a management concession and the area was named after Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of the English King Charles I