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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7.2</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ecclesiastic_heraldry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ecclesiastic_heraldry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Ecclesiastic heraldry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ecclesiastic_heraldry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flags_and_banners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flags_and_banners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Flags and banners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flags_and_banners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modern_national_emblems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern_national_emblems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Modern national emblems</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern_national_emblems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Comparable_traditions_outside_of_Europe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comparable_traditions_outside_of_Europe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Comparable traditions outside of Europe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comparable_traditions_outside_of_Europe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wappen" title="Wappen – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Wappen" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A5%E1%88%84%E1%88%AB%E1%8B%8A_%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%AD%E1%88%9B" title="ብሄራዊ አርማ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ብሄራዊ አርማ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9" title="شعار النبالة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شعار النبالة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerb" title="Gerb – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Gerb" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%85" title="آرم – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آرم" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%AEn-p%C3%A2i-chiong" title="Pîn-pâi-chiong – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Pîn-pâi-chiong" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woppn" title="Woppn – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Woppn" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb" title="Grb – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Grb" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%BA%D2%AF%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8D" title="Һүлдэ – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Һүлдэ" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escut_d%27armes" title="Escut d'armes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Escut d'armes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erb" title="Erb – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Erb" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfbais" title="Arfbais – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Arfbais" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A5ben_(heraldik)" title="Våben (heraldik) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Våben (heraldik)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wappen" title="Wappen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wappen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapp" title="Vapp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vapp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF" title="Εθνόσημο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνόσημο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas%C3%B3n" title="Blasón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Blasón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazono" title="Blazono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Blazono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armarri" title="Armarri – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Armarri" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="نشان سلحشوری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نشان سلحشوری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Coat of arms" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blason_(h%C3%A9raldique)" title="Blason (héraldique) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Blason (héraldique)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armas" title="Armas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Armas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gearradh-arm" title="Gearradh-arm – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Gearradh-arm" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AC%B8%EC%9E%A5_(%EC%83%81%EC%A7%95)" title="문장 (상징) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="문장 (상징)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Զինանշան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Զինանշան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8" title="राज्यचिह्न – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="राज्यचिह्न" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb" title="Grb – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Grb" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazono" title="Blazono – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Blazono" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambang_kebesaran" title="Lambang kebesaran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lambang kebesaran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skjaldarmerki" title="Skjaldarmerki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Skjaldarmerki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemma" title="Stemma – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stemma" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%98_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99" title="שלט הרלדי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שלט הרלדי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambang_nagara" title="Lambang nagara – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Lambang nagara" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="გერბი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გერბი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Канпас – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Канпас" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insigne" title="Insigne – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Insigne" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A2erbonis" title="Ģerbonis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ģerbonis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wopen" title="Wopen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Wopen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbas" title="Herbas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Herbas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilembo-nkita" title="Bilembo-nkita – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Bilembo-nkita" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%ADmer" title="Címer – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Címer" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Грб – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Грб" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="გერბი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გერბი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87" title="شعار النباله – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شعار النباله" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jata" title="Jata – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jata" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapen_(heraldiek)" title="Wapen (heraldiek) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wapen (heraldiek)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%8B%E7%AB%A0" title="紋章 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="紋章" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="ХӀост – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="ХӀост" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A5pen_(heraldikk)" title="Våpen (heraldikk) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Våpen (heraldikk)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldiske_v%C3%A5pen" title="Heraldiske våpen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Heraldiske våpen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Atchusson" title="Êtchusson – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Êtchusson" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blason" title="Blason – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Blason" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerb" title="Gerb – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Gerb" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapen_(Heraldik)" title="Wapen (Heraldik) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Wapen (Heraldik)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb" title="Herb – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Herb" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%A3o" title="Brasão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Brasão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem%C4%83" title="Stemă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Stemă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallqanqa_sanancha" title="Wallqanqa sanancha – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Wallqanqa sanancha" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stema" title="Stema – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Stema" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Coat of arms" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erb" title="Erb – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Erb" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb" title="Grb – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Grb" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%99%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A" title="Ꙁнакъ – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Ꙁнакъ" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapyn" title="Wapyn – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Wapyn" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Грб – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Грб" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb" title="Grb – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Grb" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaakuna" title="Vaakuna – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vaakuna" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldiskt_vapen" title="Heraldiskt vapen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Heraldiskt vapen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskudo_de_armas" title="Eskudo de armas – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Eskudo de armas" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A1" title="ตราอาร์ม – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ตราอาร์ม" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma" title="Arma – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Arma" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tyv mw-list-item"><a href="https://tyv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D2%AF%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5" title="Сүлде – Tuvinian" lang="tyv" hreflang="tyv" data-title="Сүлде" data-language-autonym="Тыва дыл" data-language-local-name="Tuvinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тыва дыл</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1" title="Герб – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Герб" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stema" title="Stema – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Stema" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C3%B9_hi%E1%BB%87u_%C3%A1o_gi%C3%A1p" title="Phù hiệu áo giáp – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Phù hiệu áo giáp" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%B6t" title="Sköt – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Sköt" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapp" title="Vapp – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Vapp" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%8B%E7%AB%A0" title="紋章 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="紋章" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%B9%E7%AB%A0" title="纹章 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="纹章" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Heraldic_achievement" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Heraldic achievement"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>coat of arms</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldic</a> <a href="/wiki/Communication_design" title="Communication design">visual design</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on an <a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">escutcheon</a> (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Shield" title="Shield">shield</a>), <a href="/wiki/Surcoat" title="Surcoat">surcoat</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Tabard" title="Tabard">tabard</a> (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full <a href="/wiki/Achievement_(heraldry)" title="Achievement (heraldry)">heraldic achievement</a>, which in its whole consists of a shield, <a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">supporters</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">crest</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">motto</a>. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the <a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">armiger</a> (e.g. an <a href="/wiki/Individual_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Individual person">individual person</a>, <a href="/wiki/Family" title="Family">family</a>, state, <a href="/wiki/Organization" title="Organization">organization</a>, <a href="/wiki/School" title="School">school</a> or <a href="/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation">corporation</a>). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail "surcoat" garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roll_of_arms" title="Roll of arms">Rolls of arms</a> are collections of many coats of arms, and since the <a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Modern Age">early Modern Age</a> centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a <a href="/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility">noble family</a>, and therefore its <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">genealogy</a> across <a href="/wiki/Time" title="Time">time</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_heraldry" title="History of heraldry">History of heraldry</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_heraldry" title="List of oldest heraldry">List of oldest heraldry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_coat_of_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Origin of the coat of arms">Origin of the coat of arms</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DeringRoll.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/DeringRoll.jpg/220px-DeringRoll.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/DeringRoll.jpg/330px-DeringRoll.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/DeringRoll.jpg 2x" data-file-width="366" data-file-height="296" /></a><figcaption>Coats of Arms in the <a href="/wiki/Dering_Roll" title="Dering Roll">Dering Roll</a>, an English <a href="/wiki/Roll_of_arms" title="Roll of arms">armorial</a> from the 13th century</figcaption></figure> <p>Heraldic designs came into general use among European nobility in the 12th century. Systematic, heritable heraldry had developed by the beginning of the 13th century. Exactly who had a right to use arms, by law or <a href="/wiki/Social_convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Social convention">social convention</a>, varied to some degree between countries. Early heraldic designs were personal, used by individual noblemen (who might also alter their chosen design over time). Arms become hereditary by the end of the 12th century, in England by King <a href="/wiki/Richard_I_of_England" title="Richard I of England">Richard I</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Third_Crusade" title="Third Crusade">Third Crusade</a> (1189–1192).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Burgher_arms" title="Burgher arms">Burgher arms</a> were used in Northern Italy in the second half of the 14th century, and in the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> by the mid 14th century. In the late medieval period, use of arms spread to the clergy, to towns as civic identifiers, and to royally chartered organizations such as universities and trading companies. The arts of <a href="/wiki/Vexillology" title="Vexillology">vexillology</a> and heraldry are closely related. </p><p>The term <i>coat of arms</i> itself in origin refers to the <a href="/wiki/Surcoat" title="Surcoat">surcoat</a> with heraldic designs worn by combatants, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Knightly_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Knightly tournament">knightly tournament</a>, in Old French <i><span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">cote a armer</i></span></i>. The sense is transferred to the heraldic design itself in Middle English, in the mid-14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite no common, enforceable widespread regulation,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> heraldry has remained consistent across Europe, where tradition alone has governed the design and use of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Some nations, such as <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, still maintain the same <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_authority" title="Heraldic authority">heraldic authorities</a> which have traditionally granted and regulated arms for centuries and continue to do so in the present day. In England, for example, the granting of arms is and has been controlled by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a>. Unlike <a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">seals</a> and other general <a href="/wiki/Emblem" title="Emblem">emblems</a>, heraldic "achievements" have a formal description called a <a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazon</a>, which uses vocabulary that allows for consistency in heraldic depictions. In the present day, coats of arms are still in use by a variety of institutions and individuals: for example, many European cities and universities have guidelines on how their coats of arms may be used, and protect their use as <a href="/wiki/Trademarks" class="mw-redirect" title="Trademarks">trademarks</a> as any other unique identifier might be.<sup id="cite_ref-emerald_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emerald-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> societies exist that also aid in the design and registration of personal arms. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pompa_funebris_Albert_Ardux_-_duc_Brabantiae.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pompa_funebris_Albert_Ardux_-_duc_Brabantiae.jpg/220px-Pompa_funebris_Albert_Ardux_-_duc_Brabantiae.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pompa_funebris_Albert_Ardux_-_duc_Brabantiae.jpg/330px-Pompa_funebris_Albert_Ardux_-_duc_Brabantiae.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pompa_funebris_Albert_Ardux_-_duc_Brabantiae.jpg/440px-Pompa_funebris_Albert_Ardux_-_duc_Brabantiae.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="710" /></a><figcaption>Brabant Lion held by Floris de Merode during the funeral of <a href="/wiki/Albert_VII,_Archduke_of_Austria" title="Albert VII, Archduke of Austria">Albert VII, Archduke of Austria</a>, print after design by <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Franquart" title="Jacob Franquart">Jacob Franquart</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg/170px-Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg/255px-Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg/340px-Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="961" data-file-height="1439" /></a><figcaption>The German <i><a href="/wiki/Hyghalmen_Roll" title="Hyghalmen Roll">Hyghalmen Roll</a></i>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> late 15th century</span>, illustrates the German practice of thematic repetition from the arms in the crest</figcaption></figure> <p>Heraldry has been compared to modern corporate <a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">logos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_traditions">Regional traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regional traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_heraldry">French heraldry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: French heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/French_heraldry" title="French heraldry">French heraldry</a></div> <p>The French system of heraldry greatly influenced the British and <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western European</a> systems. Much of the terminology and classifications are taken from it. However, with the fall of the French monarchy (and later Empire) there is not currently a <i>Fons Honorum</i> (power to dispense and control honors) to strictly enforce heraldic law. The French Republics that followed have either merely affirmed pre-existing titles and honors or vigorously opposed noble privilege. Coats of arms are considered an intellectual property of a family or municipal body. Assumed arms (arms invented and used by the holder rather than granted by an authority) are considered valid unless they can be proved in court to copy that of an earlier holder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_heraldry">British heraldry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: British heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/English_heraldry" title="English heraldry">English heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_heraldry" title="Scottish heraldry">Scottish heraldry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_heraldry" title="Welsh heraldry">Welsh heraldry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Duke_of_Richmond_02817.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Arms_of_Duke_of_Richmond_02817.jpg/120px-Arms_of_Duke_of_Richmond_02817.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Arms_of_Duke_of_Richmond_02817.jpg/180px-Arms_of_Duke_of_Richmond_02817.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Arms_of_Duke_of_Richmond_02817.jpg/240px-Arms_of_Duke_of_Richmond_02817.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="822" /></a><figcaption>Arms of the <a href="/wiki/Henry_FitzRoy,_1st_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Somerset" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset">Duke of Richmond</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1780</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In the heraldic traditions of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, an individual, rather than a family, had a coat of arms. In those traditions coats of arms are legal property transmitted from father to son; <a href="/wiki/Women_in_heraldry" title="Women in heraldry">wives and daughters</a> could also bear arms modified to indicate their relation to the current holder of the arms. <a href="/wiki/Undifferenced_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Undifferenced arms">Undifferenced arms</a> are used only by one person at any given time. Other descendants of the original bearer could bear the ancestral arms only with some <a href="/wiki/Cadency" title="Cadency">difference</a>: usually a colour change or the addition of a distinguishing <a href="/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)" title="Charge (heraldry)">charge</a>. One such charge is the <a href="/wiki/Label_(heraldry)" title="Label (heraldry)">label</a>, which in British usage (outside the <a href="/wiki/British_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal Family">Royal Family</a>) is now always the mark of an <a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heir apparent</a> or (in Scotland) an <a href="/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a>. Because of their importance in identification, particularly in seals on legal documents, the use of arms was strictly regulated; few countries continue in this today. This has been carried out by <a href="/wiki/Herald" title="Herald">heralds</a> and the study of coats of arms is therefore called "heraldry". In time, the use of arms spread from military entities to educational institutes, and other establishments.<sup id="cite_ref-emerald_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emerald-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Scotland, the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lyon_King_of_Arms" title="Lord Lyon King of Arms">Lord Lyon King of Arms</a> has <a href="/wiki/Criminal_jurisdiction" title="Criminal jurisdiction">criminal jurisdiction</a> to control the use of arms. In England, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> the use of arms is a matter of <a href="/wiki/Civil_law_(common_law)" title="Civil law (common law)">civil law</a> and regulated by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a> and the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Chivalry" title="High Court of Chivalry">High Court of Chivalry</a>. </p><p>In reference to a dispute over the exercise of authority over the Officers of Arms in England, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Annesley,_1st_Earl_of_Anglesey" title="Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey">Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a>, declared on 16 June 1673 that the powers of the <a href="/wiki/Earl_Marshal" title="Earl Marshal">Earl Marshal</a> were "to order, judge, and determine all matters touching arms, ensigns of nobility, honour, and chivalry; to make laws, ordinances, and statutes for the good government of the Officers of Arms; to nominate Officers to fill vacancies in the College of Arms; to punish and correct Officers of Arms for misbehaviour in the execution of their places". It was further declared that no patents of arms or any ensigns of nobility should be granted and no augmentation, alteration, or addition should be made to arms without the consent of the Earl Marshal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish_heraldry">Irish heraldry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Irish heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Irish_heraldry" title="Irish heraldry">Irish heraldry</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York_(Variant).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_of_York%2C_3rd_Duke_of_York_%28Variant%29.svg/120px-Richard_of_York%2C_3rd_Duke_of_York_%28Variant%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_of_York%2C_3rd_Duke_of_York_%28Variant%29.svg/180px-Richard_of_York%2C_3rd_Duke_of_York_%28Variant%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_of_York%2C_3rd_Duke_of_York_%28Variant%29.svg/240px-Richard_of_York%2C_3rd_Duke_of_York_%28Variant%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York" title="Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York">Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York</a>, father of <a href="/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward IV of England">King Edward IV</a></figcaption></figure><p>In <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> the usage and granting of coats of arms was strictly regulated by the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_King_of_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster King of Arms">Ulster King of Arms</a> from the office's creation in 1552. After Irish independence in 1922 the office was still functioning and working out of <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Castle" title="Dublin Castle">Dublin Castle</a>. The last Ulster King of Arms was <a href="/wiki/Nevile_Wilkinson" title="Nevile Wilkinson">Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson</a> [Ulster King of Arms 1908–1940], who held it until his death in 1940. At the Irish government's request, no new King of Arms was appointed. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sadleir" title="Thomas Sadleir">Thomas Ulick Sadleir</a>, the Deputy Ulster King of Arms, then became the Acting Ulster King of Arms. He served until the office was merged with that of <a href="/wiki/Norroy_King_of_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Norroy King of Arms">Norroy King of Arms</a> in 1943 and stayed on until 1944 to clear up the backlog.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Stanley,_3rd_Earl_of_Derby,_KG.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Stanley%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Derby%2C_KG.png/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Stanley%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Derby%2C_KG.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Stanley%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Derby%2C_KG.png/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Stanley%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Derby%2C_KG.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Stanley%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Derby%2C_KG.png/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Stanley%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Derby%2C_KG.png 2x" data-file-width="1158" data-file-height="1158" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of Sir Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, KG</figcaption></figure><p>An earlier <a href="/wiki/Ireland_King_of_Arms" title="Ireland King of Arms">Ireland King of Arms</a> was created by <a href="/wiki/King_Richard_II" class="mw-redirect" title="King Richard II">King Richard II</a> in 1392 and discontinued by <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">King Henry VII</a> in 1487. It did not grant many coats of arms – the few it did grant were annulled by the other Kings of Arms because they encroached upon their jurisdictions. Its purpose was supposedly to marshal an expedition to fully conquer Ireland that never materialized. Since 1 April 1943 the authority has been split between the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. Heraldry in the Republic of Ireland is regulated by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government of Ireland</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/Genealogical_Office" title="Genealogical Office">Genealogical Office</a> through the Office of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Herald_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Herald of Ireland">Chief Herald of Ireland</a>. Heraldry in Northern Ireland is regulated by the <a href="/wiki/British_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="British Government">British Government</a> by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Norroy_and_Ulster_King_of_Arms" title="Norroy and Ulster King of Arms">Norroy and Ulster King of Arms</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German_heraldry">German heraldry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: German heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_House_of_de_Burgh.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Arms_of_the_House_of_de_Burgh.svg/150px-Arms_of_the_House_of_de_Burgh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Arms_of_the_House_of_de_Burgh.svg/225px-Arms_of_the_House_of_de_Burgh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Arms_of_the_House_of_de_Burgh.svg/300px-Arms_of_the_House_of_de_Burgh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>Arms of the Anglo-Irish <a href="/wiki/House_of_Burgh" title="House of Burgh">House of Burgh</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_Utrecht_Province.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Arms_Utrecht_Province.png/200px-Arms_Utrecht_Province.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Arms_Utrecht_Province.png/300px-Arms_Utrecht_Province.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Arms_Utrecht_Province.png/400px-Arms_Utrecht_Province.png 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="284" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Utrecht" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of Utrecht">province of Utrecht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/German_heraldry" title="German heraldry">German heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_heraldry" title="Norwegian heraldry">Norwegian heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swedish_heraldry" title="Swedish heraldry">Swedish heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danish_heraldry" title="Danish heraldry">Danish heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_heraldry" title="Finnish heraldry">Finnish heraldry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_heraldry" title="Icelandic heraldry">Icelandic heraldry</a></div> <p>The heraldic tradition and <a href="/wiki/Heraldry#National_styles" title="Heraldry">style</a> of modern and historic Germany and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> – including national and civic arms, noble and <a href="/wiki/Burgher_arms" title="Burgher arms">burgher arms</a>, ecclesiastical heraldry, heraldic displays, and heraldic descriptions – stand in contrast to Gallo-British, Latin and Eastern heraldry, and strongly influenced the styles and customs of heraldry in the <a href="/wiki/Nordic_countries" title="Nordic countries">Nordic countries</a>, which developed comparatively late.<sup id="cite_ref-Volborth_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Volborth-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scandinavian_heraldry">Scandinavian heraldry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scandinavian heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Nordic_countries" title="Nordic countries">Nordic countries</a>, provinces, regions, cities, and municipalities have coats of arms. These are posted at the borders and on buildings containing official offices, as well as used in official documents and on the uniforms of municipal officers. Arms may also be used on souvenirs or other effects, given that an application has been granted by the municipal council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_national_traditions">Other national traditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other national traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Liptov_coatofarms.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Liptov_coatofarms.jpg/200px-Liptov_coatofarms.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Liptov_coatofarms.jpg/300px-Liptov_coatofarms.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Liptov_coatofarms.jpg/400px-Liptov_coatofarms.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Liptov" title="Liptov">Liptov</a> County in <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Spanish_heraldry" title="Spanish heraldry">Spanish heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_heraldry" title="Portuguese heraldry">Portuguese heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_heraldry" title="Hungarian heraldry">Hungarian heraldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_heraldry" title="Dutch heraldry">Dutch heraldry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Belgian_heraldry" title="Belgian heraldry">Belgian heraldry</a></div> <p>At a national level, "coats of arms" were generally retained by European states with constitutional continuity of more than a few centuries, including constitutional monarchies like <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark" title="Coat of arms of Denmark">Denmark</a> as well as old republics like <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_San_Marino" title="Coat of arms of San Marino">San Marino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland" title="Coat of arms of Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> the use of coats of arms was only loosely regulated by the states existing before the <a href="/wiki/Italian_unification" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian unification">unification</a> of 1861. Since the <a href="/wiki/Consulta_Araldica" title="Consulta Araldica">Consulta Araldica</a>, the <a href="/wiki/College_of_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="College of arms">college of arms</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a>, was abolished in 1948, personal coats of arms and titles of nobility, though not outlawed, are not recognised. </p><p>Coats of arms in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> were generally left up to the owner themselves, but the design was based on military service and the heritage of their grandparents. In <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, the coat of arms is based on the <a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lys" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleur-de-lys">Fleur-de-lys</a> and the <i>Rule of Tinctures</i> used in English heraldry as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_American">North American</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: North American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada">Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_heraldry" title="Canadian heraldry">Canadian heraldry</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada" title="Monarchy of Canada">monarch of Canada's</a> prerogative to grant armorial bearings has been delegated to the <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a>. Canada has its own <a href="/wiki/Chief_Herald_of_Canada" title="Chief Herald of Canada">Chief Herald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herald_Chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Herald Chancellor">Herald Chancellor</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Heraldic_Authority" title="Canadian Heraldic Authority">Canadian Heraldic Authority</a>, the governmental agency which is responsible for creating arms and promoting Canadian heraldry, is situated at <a href="/wiki/Rideau_Hall" title="Rideau Hall">Rideau Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RHSC_History_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RHSC_History-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CHA-Creation_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHA-Creation-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_heraldry" title="United States heraldry">United States heraldry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_(obverse).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg/200px-Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg/300px-Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg/400px-Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" title="Great Seal of the United States">Great Seal of the United States</a>, which displays as its central design the heraldic device of the nation.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" title="Great Seal of the United States">Great Seal of the United States</a> uses on the obverse as its central motif a heraldic achievement described as being the arms of the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-usdot27807_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usdot27807-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seal, and the armorial bearings, were adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> on 20 June 1782, and is a shield divided palewise into thirteen pieces, with a blue chief, which is displayed upon the breast of an American bald eagle. The crest is thirteen stars breaking through a glory and clouds, displayed with no helm, torse, or mantling (unlike most European precedents at the time). Many of the American states have adopted <a href="/wiki/Armorial_of_the_United_States" title="Armorial of the United States">their own coats of arms</a>, which usually designed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Seals_of_the_U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="Seals of the U.S. states">respective state's seal</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> has both a <a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Seal of Vermont">state seal</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Vermont" title="Coat of arms of Vermont">state coat of arms</a> that are independent of one another (though both contain a pine tree, a cow and sheaves of grain); the seal is used to authenticate documents, whilst the heraldic device represents the state itself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecclesiastic_heraldry">Ecclesiastic heraldry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ecclesiastic heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_heraldry" title="Ecclesiastical heraldry">Ecclesiastical heraldry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_paul_2_coa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/200px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/300px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/400px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="825" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>The coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> displays the <a href="/wiki/Triregnum" class="mw-redirect" title="Triregnum">papal tiara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keys_of_Heaven" title="Keys of Heaven">crossed keys</a> of the pontifical office.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> each have their own <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_State_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of the State of Vatican City">coat of arms</a>. As the papacy is not hereditary, its occupants display their personal arms combined with those of their office. Some <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">popes</a> came from <a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">armigerous</a> (noble) families; others adopted coats of arms during their career in the Church. The latter typically allude to their ideal of life, or to specific pontifical programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A well-known and widely displayed example in recent times was <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>'s arms. His selection of a large letter M (for the <a href="/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)">Virgin Mary</a>) was intended to express the message of his strong <a href="/wiki/Mariology" title="Mariology">Marian</a> <a href="/wiki/Catholic_devotions" title="Catholic devotions">devotion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">dioceses</a> are also each assigned a coat of arms, as are <a href="/wiki/Basilica" title="Basilica">basilicas</a> or papal churches, the latter usually displaying these on the building. These may be used in countries which otherwise do not use heraldic devices. In countries like Scotland with a strong statutory heraldic authority, arms will need to be officially granted and recorded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flags_and_banners">Flags and banners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Flags and banners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_flag" title="Heraldic flag">Heraldic flag</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">Flags</a> are used to identify ships (where they are called <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(flag)" title="Ensign (flag)">ensigns</a>), embassies and such, and they use the same <a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)" title="Tincture (heraldry)">colors</a> and designs found in heraldry, but they are not usually considered to be heraldic. A country may have both a <a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">national flag</a> and a national coat of arms, and the two may not look alike at all. For example, the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Scotland" title="Flag of Scotland">flag of Scotland</a> (St Andrew's Cross) has a white <a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">saltire</a> on a blue <a href="/wiki/Field_(heraldry)" title="Field (heraldry)">field</a>, but the <a href="/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal coat of arms of Scotland">royal arms of Scotland</a> has a red lion within a double <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tressure" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:tressure">tressure</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)">gold (or)</a> field. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_national_emblems">Modern national emblems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Modern national emblems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29.svg/203px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29.svg/270px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="767" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Egyptian coats of arms from the late monarchical, and early republican periods showing common Near and Middle Eastern motifs, namely the crescent and stars which are symbols of the region's predominant religion, <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Eagle_of_Saladin" title="Eagle of Saladin">Eagle of Saladin</a></div></div></div></div> <p>Among the states ruled by communist regimes, emblems <a href="/wiki/Socialist_heraldry" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist heraldry">resembling those of the Soviet states</a> were adopted in all the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> states except <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Czechoslovakia" title="Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Poland" title="Coat of arms of Poland">Poland</a>. Since 1986–1989, some of the ex-<a href="/wiki/Communist_state" title="Communist state">Communist states</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia" title="Coat of arms of Russia">Russia</a>, have reused their original pre-communist heraldry, often with only the symbols of monarchy removed. Other countries such as <a href="/wiki/National_emblem_of_Belarus" title="National emblem of Belarus">Belarus</a> have retained their communist coats of arms or at least kept some of the old heraldry. </p><p>With the independence of the modern nation states of the <a href="/wiki/Arab_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab World">Arab World</a> from the First World War onwards, European traditions of heraldry were partially adopted for state emblems. These emblems often involve the <a href="/wiki/Star_and_crescent" title="Star and crescent">star and crescent</a> symbol taken from the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman flag">Ottoman flag</a>. Other commonly seen symbols are birds, chiefly the <a href="/wiki/Eagle_of_Saladin" title="Eagle of Saladin">Eagle of Saladin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Hawk_of_Quraish" title="Hawk of Quraish">Hawk of Quraish</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> These symbols can be found on the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Egypt" title="Coat of arms of Egypt">coat of arms of Egypt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of Arms of Syria">Syria</a>, amongst others. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Coats_of_arms_and_emblems_of_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Coats of arms and emblems of Africa">Sub-Saharan African flags and emblems</a> after <a href="/wiki/Decolonisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Decolonisation">decolonisation</a> often chose emblems based on regional traditions or wildlife. Symbols of a ritual significance according to local custom were generally favoured, such as the <a href="/wiki/Leopard" title="Leopard">leopard</a> in the arms of <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> and, in the form of the black panther, of <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a> word <a href="/wiki/Harambee" title="Harambee">Harambee</a> (lit. "Let us come together") is used as a motto in the country's coat of arms. In <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>, meanwhile, the word <a href="/wiki/Botswana_Pula" class="mw-redirect" title="Botswana Pula">Pula</a> (lit. "Rain") is used in like fashion. </p><p>In the coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Lion" title="Lion">lion</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Elephant" title="Elephant">elephant</a> serve as supporters. They are each intended to represent the king and the queen mother respectively, the nation's joint heads of state. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparable_traditions_outside_of_Europe">Comparable traditions outside of Europe</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Comparable traditions outside of Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mon_(emblem)" title="Mon (emblem)">Mon (emblem)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamga" title="Tamga">Tamga</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/150px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/225px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/300px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="990" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan" title="Imperial Seal of Japan">Imperial Seal of Japan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Japanese emblems, called <i><a href="/wiki/Mon_(crest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mon (crest)">kamon</a></i> (often abbreviated "mon"), are family badges which often date back to the 7th century, and are used in Japan today. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Civic_heraldry" title="Civic heraldry">civic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_heraldry" title="Ecclesiastical heraldry">Ecclesiastical</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papal_armorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal armorial">papal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgher_arms" title="Burgher arms">Burgher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_heraldry" title="Women in heraldry">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attributed_arms" title="Attributed arms">Attributed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augmentation_of_honour" title="Augmentation of honour">Augmentation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abatement_(heraldry)" title="Abatement (heraldry)">abatement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Heraldry#Marshalling" title="Heraldry">Marshalling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quartering_(heraldry)" title="Quartering (heraldry)">quartering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impalement_(heraldry)" title="Impalement (heraldry)">impalement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Heraldic_traditions_by_country" title="Template:Heraldic traditions by country">National traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldry_societies" title="Heraldry societies">Societies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Achievement_(heraldry)" title="Achievement (heraldry)">Achievement</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)" title="Crown (heraldry)">Crowns and coronets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">Crest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compartment_(heraldry)" title="Compartment (heraldry)">Compartment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">Escutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmet_(heraldry)" title="Helmet (heraldry)">Helmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantling" title="Mantling">Mantling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_and_pavilion_(heraldry)" title="Mantle and pavilion (heraldry)">pavilion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slogan_(heraldry)" title="Slogan (heraldry)">slogan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torse" title="Torse">Torse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)" title="Charge (heraldry)">Charges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_(heraldry)" title="Attitude (heraldry)">Attitudes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erasure_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erasure (heraldry)">Erasure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimbriation" title="Fimbriation">Fimbriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_(heraldry)" title="Line (heraldry)">Lines</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_(heraldry)" title="Ordinary (heraldry)">Ordinaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annulet_(heraldry)" title="Annulet (heraldry)">Annulet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_(heraldry)" title="Bar (heraldry)">Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bend_(heraldry)" title="Bend (heraldry)">Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordure" title="Bordure">Bordure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_(heraldry)" title="Canton (heraldry)">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevron_(insignia)" title="Chevron (insignia)">Chevron</a> (<a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C4%99kawica_(ordinary)" title="Łękawica (ordinary)">Łękawica</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compon%C3%A9e" title="Componée">Componée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosses_in_heraldry" title="Crosses in heraldry">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crozier_head" title="Crozier head">Crozier head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_(heraldry)" title="Chief (heraldry)">Chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fess" title="Fess">Fess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaunch" title="Flaunch">Flaunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutte" title="Goutte">Goutte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyron" title="Gyron">Gyron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamade" title="Hamade">Hamade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inescutcheon" title="Inescutcheon">Inescutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Label_(heraldry)" title="Label (heraldry)">Label</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lozenge_(heraldry)" title="Lozenge (heraldry)">Lozenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orle_(heraldry)" title="Orle (heraldry)">Orle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pale_(heraldry)" title="Pale (heraldry)">Pale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pall_(heraldry)" title="Pall (heraldry)">Pall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pile_(heraldry)" title="Pile (heraldry)">Pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundel_(heraldry)" title="Roundel (heraldry)">Roundel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bezant" title="Bezant">Bezant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">Saltire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beasts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_in_heraldry" title="Bear in heraldry">Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boars_in_heraldry" title="Boars in heraldry">Boar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle#In_heraldry" title="Cattle">Bull/ox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hound_(heraldry)" title="Hound (heraldry)">Dog/hound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giraffe" title="Giraffe">Camelopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer#Heraldic" title="Deer">Hind/stag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Kangaroo emblems and popular culture">Kangaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopard_(heraldry)" title="Leopard (heraldry)">Leopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolves_in_heraldry" title="Wolves in heraldry">Wolf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alerion" title="Alerion">Alerion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_swan_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Black swan emblems and popular culture">Black swan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rooster#Emblems" class="mw-redirect" title="Rooster">Cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_(heraldry)" title="Crow (heraldry)">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doves_as_symbols" title="Doves as symbols">Dove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)" title="Eagle (heraldry)">Eagle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Szaszor" title="Szaszor">Szaszor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Przepaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Przepaska">Przepaska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martlet" title="Martlet">Martlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican#Heraldry" title="Pelican">Pelican</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bee_(heraldry)" title="Bee (heraldry)">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crapaud#Heraldry" title="Crapaud">Crapaudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin_(heraldry)" title="Dolphin (heraldry)">Dolphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmet_(heraldry)" title="Emmet (heraldry)">Emmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_(heraldry)" title="Ged (heraldry)">Ged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esox#Heraldry" title="Esox">Lucy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portcullis#Heraldry" title="Portcullis">Portcullis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(heraldry)" title="Bat (heraldry)">Reremouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scallop#Badge" title="Scallop">Scallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_symbolism#Flags_and_heraldry" title="Serpent symbolism">Serpent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfsangel" title="Wolfsangel">Wolfsangel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">Legendary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allocamelus" title="Allocamelus">Allocamelus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphyn" title="Alphyn">Alphyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphiptere" title="Amphiptere">Amphiptere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilisk" title="Basilisk">Basilisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biscione" title="Biscione">Biscione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chollima" class="mw-redirect" title="Chollima">Chollima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockatrice" title="Cockatrice">Cockatrice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">Dragon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_dragon" title="Chinese dragon">Chinese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_(heraldry)" title="Enfield (heraldry)">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin/Keythong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpy" title="Harpy">Harpy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippocampus_(mythology)" title="Hippocampus (mythology)">Hippocampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippogriff" title="Hippogriff">Hippogriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampago" title="Lampago">Lampago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindworm" title="Lindworm">Lindworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manticore" title="Manticore">Manticore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">Mermaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musimon" title="Musimon">Musimon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantheon_(mythical_creature)" title="Pantheon (mythical creature)">Pantheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther_(legendary_creature)" title="Panther (legendary creature)">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus" title="Pegasus">Pegasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamanders_in_folklore" class="mw-redirect" title="Salamanders in folklore">Salamander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-griffin" title="Sea-griffin">Sea-griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-lion" title="Sea-lion">Sea-lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyger_(heraldry)" title="Tyger (heraldry)">Tyger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_lion" title="Winged lion">Winged lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">Woodwose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">Wyvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_(mythical_creature)" title="Yale (mythical creature)">Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" title="Fleur-de-lis">Fleur-de-lis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath#As_used_in_heraldry" title="Laurel wreath">Laurel wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak#Regional_and_state" title="Oak">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quatrefoil" title="Quatrefoil">Quatrefoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_(heraldry)" title="Rose (heraldry)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock#Symbol_of_Ireland" title="Shamrock">Shamrock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trefoil" title="Trefoil">Trefoil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thistle#Heraldry" title="Thistle">Thistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnip#Heraldry" title="Turnip">Turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seeblatt" title="Seeblatt">Waterlily/Seeblatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_knot" title="Heraldic knot">Knots</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourchier_knot" title="Bourchier knot">Bourchier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Cavendish/Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacre_knot" title="Dacre knot">Dacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_knot" title="Harrington knot">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hastings/Hungerford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_knot" title="Heneage knot">Heneage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinckaert_knot" title="Hinckaert knot">Hinckaert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hungerford knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacy_knot" title="Lacy knot">Lacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Ormonde/Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Tristram/Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Wake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Tinctures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_tincture" title="Rule of tincture">Rule of tincture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricking" title="Tricking">Tricking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)" title="Hatching (heraldry)">Hatching</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background: white; color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Argent" title="Argent">Argent</a> (white)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background-color: white; background-image: radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0), radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0); background-size: 10px 10px; background-position: 0px 0px, 5px 5px;); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)">Or</a> (gold)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Gules" title="Gules">Gules</a> (red)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:black; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sable_(heraldry)" title="Sable (heraldry)">Sable</a> (black)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Azure_(heraldry)" title="Azure (heraldry)">Azure</a> (blue)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vert_(heraldry)" title="Vert (heraldry)">Vert</a> (green)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Purpure" title="Purpure">Purpure</a> (purple)<sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)#Furs" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Furs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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(heraldry)">Pean</a></li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/15px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/23px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/30px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vair" title="Vair">Vair</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vair#Potent" title="Vair">Potent</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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