BERMUDAS, The (or Somers Islands, otherwise the Summer Islands).

BERMUDAS, The (or Somers Islands, otherwise the Summer Islands). Argent, on a mount vert, a lion sejant aff"ronte gules, supporting between the fore-paws an antique shield azure thereon a representation of the wreck of the ship " The Sea Venture " (A.D. 1609) all proper. Motto—'' Quo fata ferunt."

[Assigned by Royal Warrant, 19 10.]

[The edge of the antique shield is gold. The " Sea Venture" was the ship of Admiral Sir George Somers, who first colonized the islands.]

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