Coat of arms of Libya (Gaddafi government from 1977-2011) -- the "Hawk of Qureish" with a green shield representing the national flag, holding a scroll with the words اتحاد الجمهوريات العربية (<i>ittiħād al-jumhūriyyāt al-`arabiyya</i>, "Union of Arab Republics")
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tonyjeff" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Tonyjeff">Tonyjeff</a>, based on national symbol, with the help of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AnonMoos" title="User:AnonMoos">AnonMoos</a>.
08-03-2007
national symbol adopted in 1977, according to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gpc.gov.ly/">here</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gpc.gov.ly/online/disscasion.php?diss_id=29">here</a> and  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foreign.gov.ly/online/">here</a>.