Coat of Arms of the Second Empire of Brazil (twenty 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>.
file: 2006-11-24; design: 1822, for original 19-star design; modification (addition of twentieth star): mid-nineteenth century
Symbol of the XIX century; see <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://flagspot.net/flags/br_emp.html">[1]</a> for sources; the version with 20 stars can also be seen on coins of the era. <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>.