Seal of Iowa

Great Seal of the State of Iowa
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Historical coat of arms (1876)
Armiger	State of Iowa
Adopted	February 25, 1847
Motto	Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 (one year after Iowa became a U.S. state) and depicts a citizen soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.