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The Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta is the official heraldic authority of the Republic of Malta. Established in 2019, it grants and registers coats of arms and badges for citizens and institutions in Malta and other countries. The office, which is an agency of Heritage Malta, is headed by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta, who is ...
The coat of arms used in Malta was the arms of Great Britain: However, Malta had three colonial badges between 1875 and 1964. The first (1875 – c. 1898) showed a white Maltese cross on a white and red panel, the second ( c. 1898 – 1943) showed a white and red shield (like the arms of Mdina), and the third (1943–1964) was like the 1898 ...
Coat of Arms of the Office of the Chief Herald. Heraldry has its own language, known as 'blazon,' originating in medieval France. In Malta, old blazons are usually in Italian. The arms used by the Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta were approved by the Malta Cabinet Office on 3 June 2019 (featured image).
A series of postage stamps inscribed Postage was issued between 1926 and 1927. They were printed by Waterlow and Sons instead of De La Rue (which had printed all of Malta's stamps since 1860). The values of ¼d to 6d depict George V and the coat of arms of Malta, while the values of 1/- to 10/- have engraved designs.
The National Flag of Malta is defined in the Constitution and consists of two equal vertical stripes, white in the hoist and red in the fly, with a representation of the George Cross, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe; the breadth of the flag is one and a half times its height. It was adopted when Malta became independent from ...
Current law. Maltese law divides firearm licenses into following categories: To get a firearm license one must join a shooting or collectors club for training, which will issue a recommendation letter for the police, after which applicants must pass knowledge on firearm safety and the Arms Act.
The lira ( Maltese: lira Maltija, plural: liri, ISO 4217 code: MTL) or pound (until ca. 1986 in English, code MTP) was the currency of Malta from 1972 until 31 December 2007. One lira was divided into 100 cents, each of 10 mils. After 1986 the lira was abbreviated as Lm, although the original £M sign continued to be used unofficially.
The Royal Malta Fencible Regiment was converted to an artillery regiment in 1861 and became known as the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery. Twenty-eight years later, the direct predecessors of the modern Armed Forces of Malta came into existence following the formation of the Royal Malta Artillery on 23 March 1889.