Embassy shield Enamel sign the Embassy of Iceland from 1950

Official sign for offices, embassies, etc.

Size approx 55.5 x 45.5 cm

Weight approx 2600g = 2.6 Kg

Extremely rare to find anything in the inernet about this sign , today all have a darker blue as the background color .

This sign is believed to have been the occasion , the founding of the Republic, made ​​, it was a new coat of arms designed.

It shows a coat of arms with the Icelandic flag , which stands on a rocky pedestal plate as . This is a reference to the rocky coast of Iceland . It is a white margined red cross in blue.

In addition, as are plate holder a right reinforced gold bull and a giant in the silver coat leaning with gold lining and gold - black belt on a staff. About the blazon a langued and gold reinforced Dragon and right a silver gold reinforced langued eagle are arranged as the legendary protector of Iceland, as in the Heimskringla saga described on the left . This legend, Harald Bluetooth was in the 10th Century Iceland conquer . But four powerful guardian spirits - a giant with an iron bar in the south, a bull in the west , an eagle in the north , a dragon in the east - to put in his way and prevented him from landing with its warships. In heraldry all four painted figures are referred to as land guards.
(Source : wikipedia )

Rare , there are only Kusera !

In a very good used condition, minimal wear, no chips ore cracks look at the pictures