Amendment for Pres. and VP Coat of Arms

Executive Order No. 457 is issued pursuant to the President’s powers vested “by law.”
Executive Order No. 457 takes effect through its immediate directive to amend Sections 1 and 4 of Executive Order No. 38.
Executive Order No. 457 is signed in Manila on July 04, 1951, and bears the signature of ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, countersigned by MARCIANO ROQUE, Acting Assistant Executive Secretary.

Executive Order No. 457 amends Section 1 of Executive Order No. 38 by prescribing the design of the Coat of Arms of the President of the Philippines.
Executive Order No. 457 amends Section 4 of Executive Order No. 38 by prescribing the flag and colors of the Vice President.
Executive Order No. 457 requires the number of stars around the President’s coat of arms to conform to the number of provinces of the Republic as of July 4, 1951.

Section 1 requires the President’s Shield to include: the eight-rayed Philippine sun in or (golden yellow).
Section 1 requires an equilateral triangle in gule (red) at the center of the shield.
Section 1 requires that over the triangle there be the traditional sea lion of the Coat of Arms granted to the City of Manila in 1596, placed on guard with sword and shown with the hilt in or (golden yellow).
Section 1 requires one mullet in or (golden yellow) in each of the three corners of the equilateral triangle, and requires those three mullets to represent Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Section 1 requires the entire shield to be surrounded by stars in or (golden yellow) forming an annulet whose one point of each star projects outward on the imaginary radiating center lines.
Section 1 requires the number of stars to conform to the number of the provinces of the Republic as of July 4, 1951.

Section 4 provides that the Vice President’s flag and colors are the same as those of the President.
Section 4 provides that the Vice President’s flag uses the entire design placed on a white rectangular background.
Section 4 provides that the Vice President’s flag is without the stars.

Executive Order No. 457 expressly amends Sections 1 and 4 of Executive Order No. 38.
Executive Order No. 457 specifically replaces the amended requirements for the President’s coat of arms design and the Vice President’s flag and colors with the rules stated in Sections 1 and 4 as amended.