| Emblem of Yemen | |
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| Armiger | Republic of Yemen |
| Adopted | 1990 |
| Shield | Per fess argent and barry wavy argent and azure, overall a crenellated wall in fess throughout, issuing therefrom to chief a coffee branch leaved and fructed proper[a] |
| Supporters | AnEagle of Saladin proper |
| Motto | الجمهورية اليمنية ("The Republic of Yemen") |
| Other elements | Twoflags of Yemen |
TheEmblem of Yemen depicts a goldeneagle of Saladin with a scroll between its claws. On the scroll is written the name of the country inArabic:الجمهورية اليمنية ('The Yemeni Republic'). The chest of the eagle contains a shield that depicts a coffee plant and theMarib Dam, with seven blue wavy stripes below.[2] The flagstaffs on the right and left of the eagle hold theflag of Yemen.[3]
From 1945 to 1990,Yemen was split intoNorth andSouth. The North had an emblem more similar to the present day one, and its shield has similarities with the shield of the formerMutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.
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The South had an emblem with the pan-Arab "Eagle of Saladin" (similar to the coats of arms ofEgypt,Iraq, and the former coats of arms ofLibya andSyria).
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