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two <a href="/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">lions</a> as supporters</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coa_HenryVI_MasterJohn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Coa_HenryVI_MasterJohn.jpg/170px-Coa_HenryVI_MasterJohn.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Coa_HenryVI_MasterJohn.jpg/255px-Coa_HenryVI_MasterJohn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Coa_HenryVI_MasterJohn.jpg/340px-Coa_HenryVI_MasterJohn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="545" /></a><figcaption>Early example of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Arms_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Arms of England">Royal Arms of England</a> with lion and <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a> as supporters, from a painting of <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI" title="Edward VI">Edward VI</a> dated <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1547</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a>, <b>supporters</b>, sometimes referred to as <i>attendants</i>, are figures or objects usually placed on either side of the <a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">shield</a> and depicted holding it up. </p><p>Historically, supporters were left to an individual's free choice and were assumed and changed at will, not always having any meaning whatsoever.<sup id="cite_ref-volborth_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-volborth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In more modern times, restrictions have been put in place in certain countries and nowhere more prevalent than in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-volborth_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-volborth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early forms of supporters are found in medieval seals. However, unlike the <a href="/wiki/Coronet" title="Coronet">coronet</a> or <a href="/wiki/Helmet_(heraldry)" title="Helmet (heraldry)">helmet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">crest</a>, supporters were not part of early medieval heraldry. As part of the heraldic <a href="/wiki/Achievement_(heraldry)" title="Achievement (heraldry)">achievement</a>, they first become fashionable towards the end of the 15th century, but even in the 17th century were not necessarily part of the full heraldic achievement (being absent, for example, in <i><a href="/wiki/Siebmachers_Wappenbuch" title="Siebmachers Wappenbuch">Siebmachers Wappenbuch</a></i> of 1605). </p><p>The figures used as supporters may be based on real or imaginary animals, human figures, and in rare cases plants or other inanimate objects, such as the <a href="/wiki/Pillars_of_Hercules" title="Pillars of Hercules">pillars of Hercules</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Spain" title="Coat of arms of Spain">coat of arms of Spain</a>. Often, as in other elements of heraldry, these can have local significance, such as the <a href="/wiki/Fisherman" title="Fisherman">fisherman</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tin_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Tin mine">tin miner</a> granted to <a href="/wiki/Cornwall_County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornwall County Council">Cornwall County Council</a>, or a historical link; such as the lion of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and unicorn of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> in the two variations of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom">coat of arms of the United Kingdom</a>. The arms of nutritionist <a href="/wiki/John_Boyd_Orr,_1st_Baron_Boyd-Orr" class="mw-redirect" title="John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr">John Boyd-Orr</a> use two 'garbs' (<a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheaf_(agriculture)" title="Sheaf (agriculture)">sheaves</a>) as supporters; the arms of <a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_Cook" title="USS Donald Cook">USS <i>Donald Cook</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">missiles</a>; the arms of the state of <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte">Rio Grande do Norte</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tree" title="Tree">trees</a>.<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> <a href="/wiki/Grapheme" title="Grapheme">Letters</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Alphabet" title="Alphabet">alphabet</a> are used as supporters in the arms of <a href="/wiki/Valencia" title="Valencia">Valencia</a>, Spain. Human supporters can also be <a href="/wiki/Allegorical_sculpture" title="Allegorical sculpture">allegorical figures</a>, or, more rarely, specifically named individuals.<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>There is usually one supporter on each side of the shield, though there are some examples of single supporters placed behind the shield, such as the <a href="/wiki/Reichsadler" title="Reichsadler">imperial eagle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire">coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo">coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo</a> provide an extremely unusual example of two supporters issuing from behind the shield.<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> While such single supporters are generally eagles<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> with one or two heads, there are other examples, including the <a href="/wiki/Cathedra" title="Cathedra">cathedra</a> in the case of some Canadian <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedrals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the other extreme and even rarer, the Scottish chief <a href="/wiki/Clan_Dundas" title="Clan Dundas">Dundas of that Ilk</a> had three supporters: two conventional red lions and the whole supported by a salamander. The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">coat of arms of Iceland</a> even has four supporters.<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> </p><p>The context of the application of supporters may vary, although entitlement may be considered conditioned by grant of a type of <a href="/wiki/Augmentation_of_honour" title="Augmentation of honour">augmentation of honour</a> by admission in <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_chivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders of chivalry">orders of chivalry</a> or by <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Heraldic authorities">heraldic authorities</a>, such as in the case of traditional <a href="/wiki/British_heraldry" class="mw-redirect" title="British heraldry">British heraldry</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attitude">Attitude</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Attitude"><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/Attitude_(heraldry)" title="Attitude (heraldry)">Attitude (heraldry)</a></div> <p>Animal supporters are, by default, as close to <a href="/wiki/Rampant" class="mw-redirect" title="Rampant">rampant</a> as possible, if the nature of the supporter allows it (this does not need to be mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazon</a>), though there are some blazoned exceptions. An example of whales 'non-rampant' is the arms of the Dutch municipality of <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad" title="Coat of arms of Zaanstad">Zaanstad</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_development_and_entitlement">Regional development and entitlement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regional development and entitlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2016</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Older writers trace origins of supporters to their usages in tournaments, where the shields of the combatants were exposed for inspection, and guarded by their servants or pages disguised in fanciful attire. However, medieval Scottish seals afford numerous examples in which the 13th and 14th century shields were placed between two creatures resembling lizards or dragons. Also, the seal of <a href="/wiki/John_II_of_France" title="John II of France">John, Duke of Normandy</a>, eldest son of the <a href="/wiki/Philip_VI_of_France" title="Philip VI of France">King of France</a>, before 1316 bears his arms as; France ancient, a bordure <i>gules</i>, between two lions rampant away from the shield, and an eagle with expanded wings standing above it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, Knights or Dames of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Australia" title="Order of Australia">Order of Australia</a> may be granted supporters. It is unclear whether supporters may only be used on arms granted by <a href="/wiki/Garter_Principal_King_of_Arms" title="Garter Principal King of Arms">Garter Principal King of Arms</a>, or whether other heraldic authority suffices.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, as arms may be legitimately adopted upon an armiger's whim, there may be nothing limiting the adoption of supporters by any person, should they so choose.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, Companions of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commander_(order)" title="Commander (order)">Commanders</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Military_Merit_(Canada)" title="Order of Military Merit (Canada)">Order of Military Merit</a>, Commanders of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">Royal Victorian Order</a>, people granted the style <a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">the Right Honourable</a>, and corporations are granted the use of supporters on their coats of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McCreery_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCreery-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, on his retirement from office as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Herald_of_Canada" title="Chief Herald of Canada">Chief Herald</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Watt_(officer_of_arms)" title="Robert Watt (officer of arms)">Robert Watt</a> was granted supporters as an honour.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">France</a>, writers made a distinctive difference on the subject of supporters, giving the name of <i>Supports</i> to animals, real or imaginary, thus employed; while human figures or angels similarly used are called <i>Tenants</i> (i.e. 'holders'). Trees and other inanimate objects which are sometimes used are called <i>Soutiens</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knights Grand Companion and Principal Companions of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit" title="New Zealand Order of Merit">New Zealand Order of Merit</a> are granted the use of heraldic supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-nz_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nz-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spain">Spain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Spain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, there is a difference between <i>tenantes</i>, used for human figures, <i>soportes</i>, used for beasts, and <i>sosténes</i>, used for anything other than humans or beasts.<sup id="cite_ref-cadenas_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cadenas-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There aren't any rules governing the use, position, or whether they face the viewer or not.<sup id="cite_ref-cadenas_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cadenas-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a matter of fact, <a href="/wiki/Vicente_de_Cadenas_y_Vicent" title="Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent">Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent</a> says "There are no rules that determine the use of [supporters] and it can be considered that their use are complete capriciousness or fantasy, without any precedent, in almost the totality of cases, with documented justification for the inclusion of these ornaments with the arms of a House or individual."<sup id="cite_ref-cadenas_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cadenas-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only generally accepted rule is that female and ecclesiastical arms should not have supporters, with the only exception for ecclesiastical the use of angels or when it comes to the arms of saints or monasteries.<sup id="cite_ref-cadenas_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cadenas-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, in England, supporters were regarded as little more than mere decorative and artistic appendages. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, supporters are typically an example of special royal favour, granted at the behest of the sovereign.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hereditary supporters are normally limited to <a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">hereditary peers</a>, certain members of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Family">Royal Family</a>, and to some chiefs of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_clan" title="Scottish clan">Scottish clans</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. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Non-hereditary supporters are granted to <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peers</a>; Knights and Ladies Companion of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Order of the Garter</a>; Knights and Ladies of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Thistle" title="Order of the Thistle">Order of the Thistle</a>; Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">Order of St Michael and St George</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">Royal Victorian Order</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a>; and Bailiffs and Dames Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Order of St John">Order of St John</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. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Knight_banneret" title="Knight banneret">Knights banneret</a> were also granted non-hereditary supporters, but no such knight has been created since the time of <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a>. </p><p>Supporters may also be granted to corporations which have a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</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. (March 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Cleanup plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Cleanup" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section may <b>require <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup">cleanup</a></b> to meet Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">quality standards</a>. The specific problem is: <b>replace random selection by chronological exposition of the development of the feature, with references.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Supporter" title="Special:EditPage/Supporter">improve this section</a> if you can.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bras%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A coconut palm and a carnauba palm as supporters in the coat of arms of Rio Grande do Norte.[17]"><img alt="A coconut palm and a carnauba palm as supporters in the coat of arms of Rio Grande do Norte.[15]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bras%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg/120px-Bras%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bras%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg/180px-Bras%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bras%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg/240px-Bras%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="257" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Coconut_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Coconut palm">coconut palm</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Carnauba_Palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnauba Palm">carnauba palm</a> as supporters in the coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte">Rio Grande do Norte</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Escut_de_Val%C3%A8ncia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The two Ls in the coat of arms of Valencia (city) mark it as 'doubly loyal'."><img alt="The two Ls in the coat of arms of Valencia (city) mark it as 'doubly loyal'." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Escut_de_Val%C3%A8ncia.svg/80px-Escut_de_Val%C3%A8ncia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Escut_de_Val%C3%A8ncia.svg/120px-Escut_de_Val%C3%A8ncia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Escut_de_Val%C3%A8ncia.svg/160px-Escut_de_Val%C3%A8ncia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="892" data-file-height="1337" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The two Ls in the coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Valencia,_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Valencia, Spain">Valencia (city)</a> mark it as 'doubly loyal'.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Krak%C3%B3w_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Barbary_-_Wspornik.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="An angel is the single supporter of this Kraków sculpture of the arms of Poland."><img alt="An angel is the single supporter of this Kraków sculpture of the arms of Poland." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Krak%C3%B3w_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Barbary_-_Wspornik.JPG/80px-Krak%C3%B3w_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Barbary_-_Wspornik.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Krak%C3%B3w_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Barbary_-_Wspornik.JPG/120px-Krak%C3%B3w_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Barbary_-_Wspornik.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Krak%C3%B3w_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Barbary_-_Wspornik.JPG/160px-Krak%C3%B3w_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Barbary_-_Wspornik.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="3543" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An angel is the single supporter of this <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a> sculpture of the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Poland" title="Coat of arms of Poland">arms of Poland</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="'Falling' whales support the arms of Zaanstad"><img alt="'Falling' whales support the arms of Zaanstad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1098" data-file-height="604" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">'Falling' whales support the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Zaanstad" title="Coat of arms of Zaanstad">arms</a> of <a href="/wiki/Zaanstad" title="Zaanstad">Zaanstad</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe_(1982%E2%80%931999).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flags are the supporters in the arms of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe"><img alt="Flags are the supporters in the arms of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe_%281982%E2%80%931999%29.svg/120px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe_%281982%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe_%281982%E2%80%931999%29.svg/180px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe_%281982%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe_%281982%E2%80%931999%29.svg/240px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe_%281982%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1068" data-file-height="867" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flags are the supporters in the arms of <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe">Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_Kaziemierza_Raczy%C5%84skiego.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Flags and cannons are the supporters in the arms of Kazimierz Raczyński"><img alt="Flags and cannons are the supporters in the arms of Kazimierz Raczyński" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_Kaziemierza_Raczy%C5%84skiego.JPG/120px-Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_Kaziemierza_Raczy%C5%84skiego.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_Kaziemierza_Raczy%C5%84skiego.JPG/180px-Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_Kaziemierza_Raczy%C5%84skiego.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_Kaziemierza_Raczy%C5%84skiego.JPG/240px-Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_Kaziemierza_Raczy%C5%84skiego.JPG 2x" data-file-width="919" data-file-height="760" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flags and cannons are the supporters in the arms of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kazimierz_Raczy%C5%84ski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kazimierz Raczyński (page does not exist)">Kazimierz Raczyński</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_(mazonado).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The coat of arms of Spain is supported by columns representing the Pillars of Hercules."><img alt="The coat of arms of Spain is supported by columns representing the Pillars of Hercules." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_%28mazonado%29.svg/120px-Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_%28mazonado%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_%28mazonado%29.svg/180px-Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_%28mazonado%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_%28mazonado%29.svg/240px-Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_%28mazonado%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="911" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Spain" title="Coat of arms of Spain">coat of arms of Spain</a> is supported by columns representing the <a href="/wiki/Pillars_of_Hercules" title="Pillars of Hercules">Pillars of Hercules</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Austria_Bundesadler.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The coat of arms of Austria has one supporter, an eagle, which bears the escutcheon on its breast. This arrangement is common where eagles and other birds are used as supporters, as in the Great Seal of the United States and the coat of arms of Russia."><img alt="The coat of arms of Austria has one supporter, an eagle, which bears the escutcheon on its breast. This arrangement is common where eagles and other birds are used as supporters, as in the Great Seal of the United States and the coat of arms of Russia." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Austria_Bundesadler.svg/113px-Austria_Bundesadler.svg.png" decoding="async" width="113" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Austria_Bundesadler.svg/170px-Austria_Bundesadler.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Austria_Bundesadler.svg/227px-Austria_Bundesadler.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="739" data-file-height="782" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Austria" title="Coat of arms of Austria">coat of arms of Austria</a> has one supporter, an eagle, which bears the escutcheon on its breast. This arrangement is common where eagles and other birds are used as supporters, as in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" title="Great Seal of the United States">Great Seal of the United States</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia" title="Coat of arms of Russia">coat of arms of Russia</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_New_York.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The allegorical figures Liberty and blindfolded Justice support a shield on the flag of the State of New York"><img alt="The allegorical figures Liberty and blindfolded Justice support a shield on the flag of the State of New York" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The allegorical figures Liberty and blindfolded Justice support a shield on the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_State_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of the State of New York">flag of the State of New York</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COA_Novi_Beograd_(big).jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="The coat of arms of the Municipality of New Belgrade is supported by two swallows."><img alt="The coat of arms of the Municipality of New Belgrade is supported by two swallows." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/COA_Novi_Beograd_%28big%29.jpeg/120px-COA_Novi_Beograd_%28big%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/COA_Novi_Beograd_%28big%29.jpeg/180px-COA_Novi_Beograd_%28big%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/COA_Novi_Beograd_%28big%29.jpeg/240px-COA_Novi_Beograd_%28big%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="373" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Belgrade" title="New Belgrade">New Belgrade</a> is supported by two <a href="/wiki/Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Swallows">swallows</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferm_arms.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Badgers on the arms of County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland."><img alt="Badgers on the arms of County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Ferm_arms.png/118px-Ferm_arms.png" decoding="async" width="118" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Ferm_arms.png/176px-Ferm_arms.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Ferm_arms.png/235px-Ferm_arms.png 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="397" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/European_badger" title="European badger">Badgers</a> on the arms of <a href="/wiki/County_Fermanagh" title="County Fermanagh">County Fermanagh</a>, Northern Ireland.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands feature a fur seal and macaroni penguin as supporters."><img alt="The arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands feature a fur seal and macaroni penguin as supporters." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/73px-Coat_of_arms_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="73" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/110px-Coat_of_arms_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/147px-Coat_of_arms_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="837" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The arms of <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a> feature a <a href="/wiki/Fur_seal" title="Fur seal">fur seal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Macaroni_penguin" title="Macaroni penguin">macaroni penguin</a> as supporters.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_variant_2).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal arms of the United Kingdom (as used in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales) has lion supporter (for England) in the dexter and unicorn supporter (for Scotland) in the sinister."><img alt="Royal arms of the United Kingdom (as used in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales) has lion supporter (for England) in the dexter and unicorn supporter (for Scotland) in the sinister." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="479" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal arms of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> (as used in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales) has lion supporter (for England) in the dexter and unicorn supporter (for Scotland) in the sinister.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of Arms of Malaysia which has two tigers as the supporters."><img alt="Coat of Arms of Malaysia which has two tigers as the supporters." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Malaysia" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of Arms of Malaysia">Coat of Arms of Malaysia</a> which has two tigers as the supporters.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_Thatcher,_The_Baroness_Thatcher_(1995%E2%80%932013).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arms of Margaret Thatcher, with Isaac Newton and a Royal Navy Admiral as supporters."><img alt="Arms of Margaret Thatcher, with Isaac Newton and a Royal Navy Admiral as supporters." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_Thatcher%2C_The_Baroness_Thatcher_%281995%E2%80%932013%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_Thatcher%2C_The_Baroness_Thatcher_%281995%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_Thatcher%2C_The_Baroness_Thatcher_%281995%E2%80%932013%29.svg/180px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_Thatcher%2C_The_Baroness_Thatcher_%281995%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_Thatcher%2C_The_Baroness_Thatcher_%281995%E2%80%932013%29.svg/240px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_Thatcher%2C_The_Baroness_Thatcher_%281995%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1527" data-file-height="1339" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Arms of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a> as supporters.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The coat of arms of Iceland is the only Nation to feature 4 supporters. Each supporter represents a protector and intercardinal direction. The bull is the protector of northwestern Iceland. The eagle or griffin is the protector of northeastern Iceland. The dragon is the protector of southeastern Iceland. The rock-giant is the protector of southwestern Iceland."><img alt="The coat of arms of Iceland is the only Nation to feature 4 supporters. Each supporter represents a protector and intercardinal direction. The bull is the protector of northwestern Iceland. The eagle or griffin is the protector of northeastern Iceland. The dragon is the protector of southeastern Iceland. The rock-giant is the protector of southwestern Iceland." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg/116px-Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="116" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg/175px-Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg/233px-Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="870" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">coat of arms of Iceland</a> is the only Nation to feature 4 supporters. Each supporter represents a protector and intercardinal direction. The bull is the protector of northwestern Iceland. The eagle or griffin is the protector of northeastern Iceland. The dragon is the protector of southeastern Iceland. The rock-giant is the protector of southwestern Iceland.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Confronted_animals" title="Confronted animals">Confronted animals</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supporter&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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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 src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/7px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/11px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/14px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (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 style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8b004b; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Murrey" title="Murrey">Murrey</a> (mulberry)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:FireBrick; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sanguine_(heraldry)" title="Sanguine (heraldry)">Sanguine</a> (blood red)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#c67000; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tenn%C3%A9" title="Tenné">Tenné</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rare metals<sup><small>1</small></sup></span></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:#CDA8A5; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Copper_(heraldry)" title="Copper (heraldry)">Copper</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E0AB76; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buff_(color)#U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Buff (color)">Buff</a> (metal in the United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rare colours<sup><small>1</small></sup></span></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:skyblue; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(35deg, transparent 0, transparent 5px, white 5px, white 6px, transparent 5px, transparent 7px, white 7px, white 8px), repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bleu_celeste" title="Bleu celeste">Bleu celeste</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:sienna; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Brun%C3%A2tre" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunâtre">Brunâtre</a> (brown)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E0AB76; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buff_(color)#In_Canadian_heraldry" class="mw-redirect" title="Buff (color)">Buff</a> (color in Canada)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Cendr%C3%A9e" title="Cendrée">Cendrée</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CC7722; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ochre#In_heraldry" title="Ochre">Ochre</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Orange_(heraldry)" title="Orange (heraldry)">Orange</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:HotPink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rose_(heraldic_tincture)" title="Rose (heraldic tincture)">Rose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Realistic</span></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/Tincture_(heraldry)#Proper" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Proper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnation_(heraldry)" title="Carnation (heraldry)">Carnation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Applications</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/Bookplate" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookplate">Bookplate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funerary_hatchment" title="Funerary hatchment">Hatchment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_flag" title="Heraldic flag">Flag</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banner_of_arms" title="Banner of arms">banner of arms</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_badge" title="Heraldic badge">Badge</a></li> 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