Coat of arms of the Second Spanish Republic

Arms of Spain during the Second Spanish Republic with the mural crown on top

Allegory of the Spanish Republic wearing a mural crown on the head. Spanish republican banknote

The Coat of arms of the Second Spanish Republic was the emblem of the Second Spanish Republic, the democratic government that existed in Spain between April 14, 1931, when King Alfonso XIII left the country, and April 1, 1939, when the last of the Republican (Loyalist) forces surrendered to rebel Francoist forces at the end of the Spanish Civil War.

The National flag of the Second Spanish Republic would have the coat of arms in the middle of the central yellow band. There was no coat of arms in the Spanish Republican Civil Ensign.

Description

The Spanish Republic established in 1931 revived the coat of arms of the First Spanish Republic (1873-1874) but depicting in the second quarter an uncrowned lion. During the First Republic the arms were depicting in the second quarter a crowned lion.

The Provisional Government of had 1868 adopted the following coat of arms: quarterly of Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarre enté en point of Granada. The crown was a mural crown instead of the royal crown.

The coat of arms of the Second Spanish Republic was flanked by the two Pillars of Hercules bearing scrolls with the motto Plus Ultra (Latin for further beyond). The color of the scrolls is usually white, but there is a high proportion of representations displaying the red color.

Gallery

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  Proposal of 1868 with a Civic Crown as crest (Provisional Government term)

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  Version of the First Spanish Republic

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  Lion without crown variant used in the flag

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  Republican Coat of arms carved in stone. Located at the Town Hall square in Santander, it had quietly survived General Franco's era until it was removed in December 2008^[1]

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  National flag of the Second Spanish Republic

See also

• Coat of arms of Spain
• List of coats of arms of Spain
• Flag of the Second Spanish Republic
• Spanish heraldry

References

1. ^ ABC 18-12-08 - La Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (ARMH), formada por familiares de víctimas del franquismo, saludó la retirada de la estatua, pero criticó que al mismo tiempo se elimine un escudo que a pocos metros recordaba a la Segunda República (1931-1939), como si éste periodo fuese equiparable a la dictadura militar (Spanish)

External links

• Wikisource - Decreto del Gobierno Provisional de la República de 27 de abril de 1931 (Spanish)
• Informe dirigido al Gobierno de la República sobre el escudo de armas, leyenda y atributos de la moneda (1873). Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish)
• Coat of Arms of the Second Spanish republic - FOTW