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Summary

Seal of the old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare" class="extiw" title="w:United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare">United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare</a>. The seal was defined by <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10510" class="extiw" title="s:Executive Order 10510">Executive Order 10510</a> on December 17, 1953. The blazon is defined <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hhs.gov/hhsmanuals/gam/chapters/1-20.pdf">here</a> as:

SHIELD: Argent an open book with sanguine binding charged overall with a staff of Aescalapius paleways within an annulet of chain all proper.

CREST: On a wreath argent and sanguine an American bald eagle displayed and wings partially inverted proper.

Below the shield a white scroll inscribed with the motto SPES ANCHORA VITAE in black letters, all on a circular sanguine background within a white band, inner edge white, outer edge sanguine, and inscribed DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE U.S.A.

The Latin inscription means Hope is the anchor of life.

Licensing

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