Emblem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The current one was introduced in 2006 and depicts a leopard head, surrounded by an elephant tusk to the left and a spear to the right.[1] The old emblem, which was introduced in 2003, depicted three interlocked hands surrounded by two laurel branches.[2] The coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1999 consists of a light blue shield.An even older arms from 1971 to 1997, when the nation was known as Zaire, depicted a leopard head, below it a pair of crossed spears, around it a branch and an elephant tusk.The words Paix, Justice, Travail are written on a white band under the spears.