Coat of Arms of the First Empire of Brazil (nineteen stars).
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tonyjeff" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Tonyjeff">Tonyjeff</a>, based on work of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Debret" title="Jean-Baptiste Debret">Jean-Baptiste Debret</a>.
symbol of the XIX century; see <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/flags/br_emp.html">[1]</a> for description, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/84044293@N00/409378438">[2]</a> for a representative example. Shield also shown in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Maclagan" class="extiw" title="en:Michael Maclagan">Maclagan, Michael</a>; Louda, Jiří (1999) <i>Line of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe</i>. London: Little, Brown &amp; Co. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85605-469-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85605-469-1">ISBN 1-85605-469-1</a>, pp. 235-236.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblioteca.presidencia.gov.br/publicacoes-oficiais/catalogo/itamar/os-simbolos-nacionais-1993-color">Reformed standard according to this book, an official publication of the government of Brazil, on page 74</a>.