Symbols of San Francisco

The current Seal of the City and County of San Francisco was adopted on March 1, 1859. In this the main figures, a miner and a sailor, stand on either side of a shield on which is depicted a steamer entering the Golden Gate. At the bottom is a scroll with the words "Oro en Paz, en Guerro Fierro," which is Spanish for gold in peace, iron in war. At the bott