2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.
§ 491. Coat of Arms; Crest; Motto; and Badge

Universal Citation:
1 VT Stats § 491
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§ 491. Coat of Arms; Crest; Motto; and Badge

The Coat of Arms, Crest, Motto; and Badge of the State shall be and are described as follows:

(1) Coat of Arms. Green, a landscape occupying half of the shield; on the right and left, in the background, high mountains, blue; the sky, yellow. From near the base and reaching nearly to the top of the shield, arises a pine tree of the natural color and between three erect sheaves, yellow, placed diagonally on the right side and a red cow standing on the left side of the field.

(2) Motto and Badge. On a scroll beneath the shield, the motto: Vermont; Freedom and Unity. The Vermonter’s badge: two pine branches of natural color, crossed between the shield and scroll.

(3) Crest. A buck’s head, of natural color, placed on a scroll, blue and yellow.

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