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Image: Coat of arms of Mauritius (Original version)

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Description: The armorial ensigns and supporters of Mauritius are described as: (a) for arms-


Quarterly azure and or. In the first quarter a lymphad or. In the second, 3 palm trees vert. In the third, a key in pale the wards downwards gules. In the issuant, from the base a pile, and in chief a mullet argent.

(b) for the supporters-


On the dexter side, a dodo per bend sinister embattled gules and argent, and On the sinister side, a sambur deer per bend embattled argent and gules, each supporting a sugar cane erect proper,

(c) with the motto "Stella Clavisque Maris Indici” (Latin: Star and Key of the Indian Ocean)
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