Coat of arms of Dominica

Coat of arms of Dominica
Armiger	Commonwealth of Dominica
Adopted	1961
Crest	A Rocky Mount Sable thereon a Lion Passant guardant Or
Torse	Argent and Azure
Shield	Quarterly Or and Azure a cross fillet counterchanged in the first quarter on a Rocky Mount Sable a Coconut Tree fructed proper in the second a Dominica Crapaud also proper in the third on Water Barry wavy in base a Carib canoe with sail set all likewise proper in the fourth quarter on a Rocky Mount also sable a Banana Tree fructed also proper
Supporters	On either side of Sisserou Parrot (Amazona imperials) proper beaked and membered or
Motto	Apres Bondie C'est La Ter (Kwéyòl: After God, it is the earth.)
Earlier version(s)
Use	1909–1961

The coat of arms of Dominica was adopted on July 21, 1961. It consists of a shield with two guardian sisserou parrots bracing the shield atop of which is a lion passant. The quarters of the shield depict a canoe, a banana tree, a palm and a frog of the native species known as the mountain chicken.^[1] Below the shield is the national motto: Apres Bondie C'est La Ter (After God is the Earth).^[2]