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The Seal of the President of the United States. The blazon is defined in Executive Order 10860 as:

The Coat of Arms of the 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 and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows all proper, and in his beak a white 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 proper, and a constellation of thirteen mullets argent.

The whole surrounded by white stars arranged in the form of an annulet with one point of each star outward on the imaginary radiating center lines, the number of stars conforming to the number of stars in the union of the Flag of the United States as established by chapter 1 of title 4 of the United States Code.

The Seal of the President of the United States shall consist of the Coat of Arms encircled by the words SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Source Extracted from PDF version of Federal Assistance for Impacted Communities guide, archived here, with some small cleanups.
Author U.S. Government
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(Reusing this file)		 Public domain from a copyright standpoint, but other restrictions apply. 17 U.S.C. §713 states that one cannot knowingly display any printed or other likeness of the seal of the President of the United States, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof. However, use in encyclopedias "incident to a description or history of seals, coats of arms, heraldry, or the Presidency or Vice Presidency" is allowed under Executive Order 11649.
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current00:28, 6 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 00:28, 6 November 2008720 × 720 (837 KB)Clindberg (talk | contribs)Remove the stars on the chief -- not supposed to be there.
03:19, 5 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 03:19, 5 November 2008720 × 720 (836 KB)Clindberg (talk | contribs)==Summary== {{Information |Description=The w:Seal of the President of the United States. The blazon is defined in [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=59281 Executive Order 10860] as: <blockquote> The Coat of Arms of the President of the

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