Category:Charge of the Settlement of Singapore

The charge of the Settlement of Singapore, part of the coat of arms of the Straits Settlements (1826–1946). The charge appeared in the first quarter (that is, the top left-hand quarter) of the coat of arms, and consisted of a red background with a gold lion passant guardant (that is, walking with its right fore paw raised, and its head turned to face the viewer) standing on the battlements of a tower. It was described in the blazon of the coat of arms as "gules, issuant from the base a tower proper, on the battlements thereof a lion passant guardant Or".