PERU.

PERU. Per fesse and the chief per pale, dexter azure, on a mount in base vert, a Llama or Peruvian sheep to the sinister proper : the sinister argent, on a mount in base vert, a tree proper, the base gules, a cornucopia fesseways or.

Berry, in his "Encyclopaedia Heraldica," quotes the following coat : — Arms — The Sierra, with the sea in base, from behind the mountains, the sun rising in splendour, all proper. Crest — A plantain, fructed proper. Supporters — On the dexter side a condor eagle, and on the sinister a Llama, or Peruvian sheep, both proper. Motto — " Renacio el Sol de Peru." (The Sun of Peru is risen again.) Colours — Fesseways of three gules argent and gules, the sun in splendour or.

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