Coat of arms of Lower Columbia

The coat of arms of Lower Columbia is the heraldic insignia of the King and Federal Kingdom of Lower Columbia. The King uses these arms in his official duties as monarch, while his government uses the lesser version of the arms in its activities administering the kingdom in the King's name.

Blazon
The arms are legally blazoned as follows:

"Vert, to chief three fleurs-de-lis, placed one above two; to base, a lion Or, crowned with an open crown and bearing a cross fleury Or; for a crest, the royal crown proper; mantling gules, Or and ermine, upon which the royal crown proper; for supporters, dexter an angel proper, sinister an eagle of John the Evangelist sable. Motto 'Omnia in modo, fide excepta' below the shield."

History
Soon after the first Parliament was elected and had convened in Nyhaven, King Edward proposed a coat of arms for Lower Columbia that would serve as an appropriate symbol of the new country. On a green field symbolic of the country's abundant natural resources, he placed three silver fleurs-de-lis to represent both the three founding states of the kingdom (Pacifica, Willamette and Rainier), as well as the persons of the Holy Trinity. Beneath them, he added a crowned lion to represent the king, with a cross in the lion's outstretched paw to symbolize the king's role as Defender of the Faith.

The members of parliament enthusiastically approved of Edward's design, which they complemented with an angel and an eagle (the latter representing John the Evangelist) as supporters, as well as the newly-chosen national motto below the shield. The coat of arms remained in this form until 1769, when Parliament augmented it with an ermine mantling and two instances of the royal crown, which had been crafted the previous year for the coronation of King Nicholas. Since then, the arms have remained unchanged.