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The griffin on the shield is holding a sword and is the symbol of Vidzeme and Latgale (Eastern Latvia), one of the historical territories making up modern day Latvia. The coat of arms of Lithuania also features a white griffin as a supporter. Historically, the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary featured a black-gold griffin as a supporter.
Coat-of-arms of Crimea. Griffins in heraldry are usually portrayed with the rear body of a lion, an eagle's head with erect ears, a feathered breast, and the forelegs of an eagle, including claws. [145] The heraldic griffin "denote [d] strength and military, courage and leadership", according to one source. [145]
W. Symbols of Wejherowo County. Coat of arms of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Coat of arms of Wolin. Categories: Coats of arms by charge. Griffins. Coats of arms with animals.
The coat of arms of Pomerania. The coat of arms of Pomerania, also known as the Pomeranian Griffin, [a] is the symbol of Pomerania, a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. It depicts a red griffin with yellow (golden) beak and claws, placed within a white (silver) shield.
The double-headed eagle in the Serbian royal coat of arms is well attested in the 13th and 14th centuries. [ 18 ] An exceptional medieval depiction of a double-headed eagle in the West, attributed to Otto IV , is found in a copy of the Chronica Majora of Matthew of Paris ( Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , Parker MS 16 fol. 18, 13th century).
The coat of arms of the Slovak Republic consists of a red ( gules) shield, in early Gothic style, charged with a silver ( argent) double cross standing on the middle peak of a dark blue mountain consisting of three peaks. Extremities of the cross are amplified, and its ends are concaved.
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design [1] on an escutcheon (i.e., shield ), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique ...
The Coat of arms of the Republic of Latvia was officially adopted by the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia on 15 June 1921, and entered official use starting on 19 August 1921. It was created using new national symbols, as well as elements of the coats of arms of Polish and Swedish Livonia and of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia .