Product code: Taxco Mexico City Eagle Mexican Coat of Arms Sterling Silver Belt factory Buckle Pre 50s
Ornate Vintage Handmade Taxco Pre 1950s Mexico DF Mexico City Solid Sterling Silver 925 Etched Eagle Mexican Coat of Arms Belt Buckle Verified & Stamped 0.925 D.F. STERLING MEXICO SILVER 1.5” in length and 2.25” wide +30 grams factory Lightly cleaned, patina left The eagle is a symbol of the sun & a representation of the victorious god Huitzilopochtli, in which form, according to legend, bowed to the arriving Aztecs. This coat of arms is a Mexican National Symbol depicting a Golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. The design is rooted in the legend that the Aztec people would know where to build their city once they saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a lake. The image has been an important symbol of Mexican politics & culture for centuries. To the people of Tenochtitlan, this symbol had strong religious connotations & to the Europeans it came to symbolize the triumph of good over evil, with the snake representative of the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
Ornate Vintage Handmade Taxco Pre 1950s Mexico DF Mexico City Solid Sterling Silver 925 Etched Eagle Mexican Coat of Arms Belt Buckle Verified & Stamped 0.925 D.F. STERLING MEXICO SILVER 1.5” in length and 2.25” wide +30 grams factory Lightly cleaned, patina left The eagle is a symbol of the sun & a representation of the victorious god Huitzilopochtli, in which form, according to legend, bowed to the arriving Aztecs. This coat of arms is a Mexican National Symbol depicting a Golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. The design is rooted in the legend that the Aztec people would know where to build their city once they saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a lake. The image has been an important symbol of Mexican politics & culture for centuries. To the people of Tenochtitlan, this symbol had strong religious connotations & to the Europeans it came to symbolize the triumph of good over evil, with the snake representative of the serpent in the Garden of Eden.