Posts Tagged ‘Shadow Boxes’
United States Virgin Islands Seal
Written by Mitch
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:05
No Comments

The US Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Carribean located in the insular area of United States.  The US  Virgin Islands is consisting of main islands namely: St. Croix (“Twin City”), St. John (“Love City”), St. Thomas  (“Rock City”) and Water Island (‘Small City”).

The Great Seal of the US Virgin Islands was designed by Mitch Davis. The designed shows the following:

  • Three major islands of US Virgin Islands: St.Croix, St. Thomas and St.John.
  • The sugar mill – to represent St. Croix, which was the center of agricultural productivity of the island’s history.
  • The Legislative Building of St.Thomas- to embody the seat of government and capital of the United States Virgin Islands.
  • The Annaberg Ruins- to represent St.John, this represents the island’s role on the production of sugar and the slave uprising.
  • Two Flags – the Dannaberg Flag and United States Flag, which shows the transfer of Islands from Denmark to the United States.
  • Boat in the harbor- represents the importance of the islands in the interstate and international commerce.
  • Yellow Breast bird perched in the Yellow Cedar- the island’s national bird and the island’s national flower.
  • The motto inscribed “United in Pride and Hope” – to show harmony in the islands despite different backgrounds of the settlers or natives which enabled them to form one united community.

The main purpose of the seal of US Virgin Islands is to show the pride, history, culture of the United States Virgin Islands. Each detail was carefully thought to fully embody the islands.

MilitaryPlaques.Com can create the exact replica of any Great Seals, State Seals or Territories. Careful attention to details is given to every handmade plaques that we produce.Each plaque is made of mahogany wood and individually hand carved in 3d relief and hand painted.

Commemorate and show pride to your city and acquire your own city seal! Perfect for gifts and great collector’s item too. Order Now!

MilitaryPlaques.Com also offers government plaques, shadow boxes, tail flash plaques, deployment plaques, custom made plaques and more! click here for more information!

 
Seal of the Vice President of the United States
Written by Mitch
Monday, 21 September 2009 23:38
No Comments

The Seal of the Vice President of the United States is not as “popular” as the  Seal of the President but still equally important.

According to Executive Order 11884:

The Coat of Arms of the Vice President of the United States shall be of the following design:

SHIELD: Paleways of thirteen pieces argent and gules, a chief azure; upon the breast of an American eagle displayed holding in his dexter talon an olive branch proper and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows gray, and in his beak a gray scroll inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM” sable.

CREST: Behind and above the eagle a radiating glory or, on which appears an arc of thirteen cloud puffs gray, and a constellation of thirteen mullets gray.

The Seal of the Vice President of the United States shall consist of the Coat of Arms encircled by the words “Vice President of the United States.”

The design of the Seal of the Vice President is almost the same as the Seal of the President, with a few differences.

  • There is no ring of stars
  • The clouds are gray
  • The stars are gray instead of ardent
  • The scroll is gray instead of white
  • The arrows are gray

The Vice President plays an important role. It includes being the spoke person for the administration’s policy, adviser to the President, Chairman of the Board of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He is also the nominal head of the Senate. Our Vice President is also a potential President in the future.

To commemorate your loyalty to United States of America, acquire this handmade insignia of the Vice President of the United States of America. This could be the start of your government seals collection.

Other mahogany made items are available too, from Shadow Boxes, Military, Government Insignias, Tail Flashes and more. Click here for more information.

 
History of Shadow Box
Written by Mitch
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 03:56
No Comments

In Naval tradition during retirement, it is a part of the ceremony to hand a shadow box to the retiring officer. The shadow box includes medals, insignias, badges, duty stations, or items that signify the history of a sailor’s career. The giving of shadow boxes to retiring officers evolved from the naval tradition where in the retiring sailor will be given a wooden trunk by his shipmate so that the retiring sailor will be able to put the stuff or small souvenirs that he collected throughout his career.

Other stories on Shadow boxes say that according to legend, it is bad luck for a sailor’s shadow to touch land before his body does. Other sailors would then create a box that would contain the sailor’s “shadow” until he is safely ashore. It would include travel memorabilia, a flag, medals and the likes.

The National flag is also placed inside the shadow box to symbolize that the country has benefited from the loyal service of the recipient.

Nowadays, shadowboxes are either constructed by a shipmate or purchased through the Internet. MilitaryPlaques.Com makes absolutely wonderful shadowboxes.The items are hand carved from solid mahogany wood, the interiors are cushion lined with high quality velvet fabric, real glass is used for the viewing pane and the lid is fully removable for easy access.  Further, you have the choice of placing a full color or natural finish. Click here to view the shadow boxes available.

Other Military memorabilia like deployment plaques, desk nameplates, seals and insignias are also available at MilitaryPlaques.Com. Grab one now to commemorate your loved ones or co-personnel loyal service to the Military.