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Armorial bearings were presented to Hong Kong on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen by H.R.H. the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, when he visited the Colony in March, 1959. The crest consists of a royal lion wearing the imperial crown and holding a pearl, representing Hong Kong as the 'Pearl of the Orient.' The shield carries pictures of a naval crown symbolising the Colony's link with the Navy and Merchant Navy, battlements indicating the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, and two Chinese junks to indicate trade on the seas surrounding the Colony. A royal lion and Chinese dragon support the shield and crest, symbolising the British and Chinese aspects of the Colony. They stand on a green mount surrounded by water, an allusion to Hong Kong Island.
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