Seal of the State of Michigan

    // This is as close as I've been able to get using
//  the tools here on Drawshield.
    azure                                     a french shaped escutcheon               per fess pily bendy wavy or and argent and
 pily bendy wavy azure and argent           // the fields are slightly different, with
//  irregular streaks of color
         a Sun In His Splendour or fimbriated argent
 very much smaller very much to sinister to sinister
 to sinister higher
         // the sun should be only half above the
//  horizon line on the water
      a rock vert slightly smaller very much to dexter
 to dexter higher
a savage brunatre very much smaller smaller smaller
 much higher
 // the person should be a pioneer with a long gun
//  instead of a savage with a club
      ;          smaller,
     the word "TUEBOR" arg in chief smaller higher;
            
crest an eagle natural per chief brunatre and argent
 LOWER charged with an olive branch fesswise inverted
 vert very much lower lower lower lower very much larger,
// This is as close as I could manage to get to the
//  American bald eagle, and the actual seal has a banner
//  with "E Pluribus Unum" above the crest
supporters to dexter a stag rampant brunatre to sinister
 a reindeer rampant brunatre
// The supporters should be an Elk (closely related
//  to the European stag) and a Moose
motto "Si quæris peninsulam amœnam circumspice"
 higher
// "circumspice" should be on a separate fold of the
//  banner
compartment vert much higher

(Previously entry no. 3637)

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Shield Shape

english

Visual Appearance

shiny

Palette For Heraldic Tinctures

wikipedia

Aspect Ratio

0.5

With Tags: Michigan

Notes

I tried to approximate a bald eagle. The actual seal also has another banner for the United States Motto above the crest. The savage with a club is substituting for a man holding a long gun. The pily bendy wavy treatment is approximating the irregular streaks of the original.

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