On their 1950 tour of New Zealand and Australia they also adopted the nickname British Lions, first used by British and South African journalists on the 1924 South African tour, after the lion emblem on their ties, the emblem on their jerseys having been dropped in favour of the four-quartered badge with the symbols of the four represented unions.

The emblem of Dimona ( as a local council ), adopted 2 March 1961, appeared on a stamp issued on 24 March 1965.

Bread riots in St Helier, 1847The Charlots and Magots contested power at elections until in 1819 the progressive Magots adopted the rose as their emblem, while the conservative Charlots wore laurel leaves.

The okapi was adopted as an emblem by the now defunct International Society of Cryptozoology.

The emblem of Nazism, the swastika or " hakenkreuz ", has been adopted as a near-universal symbol for almost any organized white supremacist group, even though it dates from more ancient times.

Another sporting team that has adopted the cockerel as its emblem is the National Rugby League team, the Sydney Roosters, in Australia.

Later that year, at a conference in Prague, he donned a solid white keffiyeh – different from the checkered one he adopted later in Kuwait, which was to become his emblem.

** Red Crescent adopted as an additional LORCS emblem.

Shortly thereafter, in the 1950s, the School adopted the Hermes emblem as its symbol, reflecting the entrepreneurial nature of the Greek god Hermes and his association with business, commerce and communication.

Oldsmobile adopted a ringed-globe emblem to stress what marketers felt was its universal appeal.

This unit adopted the green beret, which has become, since then, the principal emblem of the Portuguese paratroopers.

At a meeting of representatives of government and other bodies in 1951, the pink form of the Common Heath, the " Pink Heath ", was adopted as the official floral emblem for the state of Victoria in 1958.

A new national flag ( three horizontal stripes, white-red-white ) was adopted, along with a new coat of arms ( Pahonia -- a mounted knight, Saint George, Patron Saint of Belarus, with a drawn sword — the emblem of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ).

The emblem, adopted as a symbol at the beginning of careerism, was subsequently adopted by Chilean nationalism movement.

The bee was adopted as the emblem of the town council.

The APA emblem, dating to 1890, became more officially adopted from that year.

The Spanish city of La Coruña has adopted the Pōhutukawa as a floral emblem.

The emblem was adopted in 1967.

This story starts, odd as it may seem, in 1923 when Count Francesco Baracca, a fighter pilot who flew more than thirty successful missions on behalf of the allied forces, adopted a distinctive prancing horse as his personal emblem, and had it emblazoned prominently on his biplane fighter aircraft.

The black swan is the official bird emblem of Western Australia, although only formally adopted in 1973.

The Kangaroo paw ( Anigozanthos manglesii ) flower is the official floral emblem of Western Australia, adopted in 1960, and together with the black and gold torse framing the Crown indicates the honour bestowed upon the State by the grant of Arms, and emphasises the sovereignty and independence of Western Australia.

The current coat of arms, more accurately called an emblem as it was not designed to conform to traditional heraldic rules, was adopted in place of the Royal arms on 5 May 1948.

J. J. Bellermann has speculated that " the whole represents the Supreme Being, with his Five great Emanations, each one pointed out by means of an expressive emblem.

The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.

Externally, political activity on the part of Ásatrú organizations has surrounded campaigns against alleged religious discrimination, such as the call for the introduction of an Ásatrú " emblem of belief " by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to parallel the Wiccan pentacle granted to the widow of Patrick Stewart in 2006.

The popularly reported European discovery of the okapi in 1901, earlier hinted at but unseen by Henry Morton Stanley in his travelogue of exploring the Congo, later became the emblem for the now defunct International Society of Cryptozoology.

He became an emblem of strength by virtue of his role in separating Nut from Geb.

The main character from the Namco game for the PlayStation Portable Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception who remains unnamed in the story but rather goes by his codename Gryphus-1 ( as he is the leader of the Gryphus Squadron ) is known as the " Southern Cross ", and his squadron's emblem is an Andean Condor with the Southern Cross in its beak.

The city is known for its two churches, Erfurt Cathedral ( Mariendom ) and Severikirche, which stand side by side and together form the emblem of the city.

However, all other bodies and agencies, except for the European Agency for Reconstruction, have their own emblem, albeit often inspired by the flag's design and colours.

Portrayed as majestic and solemn, often enthroned, and crowned with the polos ( a high cylindrical crown worn by several of the Great Goddesses ), Hera may bear a pomegranate in her hand, emblem of fertile blood and death and a substitute for the narcotic capsule of the opium poppy.

Under a red flag bearing Skanderbeg's heraldic emblem, an Albanian force held off Ottoman campaigns for twenty-five years and overcame sieges of Krujë led by the forces of the Ottoman sultans Murad II and Mehmed II.

The emblem of the university is a three-flamed lamp encircled by lotus petals.

She briefly develops a psychic shadow form like Psylocke's, with a gold Phoenix emblem over her eye instead of the Crimson Dawn mark possessed by Psylocke, Jean briefly lost her telekinesis to Psylocke during this exchange, but her telekinetic abilities later came back in full at a far stronger level than before.

The Sigil of Lucifer (" Seal of Satan ") a magical sigil used occasionally as an emblem by Satanism | Satanists

The full title awarded to Macau by King Joao IV is still displayed to this day inside the Leal Senado, though the building and emblem itself date from the 19th century.

Jacobus de Voragine, compiling his Legenda Aurea ( Golden Legend ) before the competition arose, characterized Mary Magdalene as the emblem of penitence, washing the feet of Jesus with her copious tears ( although it is now believed that Mary of Bethany was the woman known for washing or anointing the feet of Jesus ) protectress of pilgrims to Jerusalem, daily lifting by angels at the meal hour in her fasting retreat and many other miraculous happenings in the genre of Romance, ending with her death in the oratory of Saint Maximin, all disingenuously claimed to have been drawn from the histories of Hegesippus and of Josephus.

The fact that the emblem by which a sultan was enthroned consisted of a sword was highly symbolic: it showed that the office with which he was invested was first and foremost that of a warrior.

The Elizabeth Tower, in particular, which is often referred to by the name of its main bell, " Big Ben ", is an iconic landmark of London and the United Kingdom in general, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city and an emblem of parliamentary democracy.

The most common plate design consisted of a large, spread-winged eagle, the emblem used by Prussia.

At Locri, perhaps uniquely, Persephone was the protector of marriage, a role usually assumed by Hera ; in the iconography of votive plaques at Locri, her abduction and marriage to Hades served as an emblem of the marital state, children at Locri were dedicated to Proserpina, and maidens about to be wed brought their peplos to be blessed.

During the Qianlong Emperor's reign, for example, members of his family were distinguished by garments with a small circular emblem on the back, whereas Han officials wore clothing with a square emblem.

The Scallop Shell, emblem of James, son of Zebedee | St James, worn by pilgrims