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Advance Australia. The coat of arms of Australia, officially the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, [ 1] is a formal symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia. [ 2] It depicts a shield, containing symbols of Australia's six states, and is held up by native Australian animals, the kangaroo and the emu. [ 3] The seven-pointed Commonwealth Star surmounting ...
The coat of arms of Scotland, colloquially called the Lion Rampant, is the coat of arms historically used as arms of dominion by the monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland, and later used within the coat of arms of Great Britain and the present coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The arms consist of a red lion surrounded by a red double border ...
The Royal Arms of Scotland [2] is a coat of arms symbolising Scotland and the Scottish monarchs.The blazon, or technical description, is "Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second", meaning a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a yellow field and surrounded by a red double royal tressure flory counter-flory device.
Wolves in heraldry. Coat of arms of Łobez, Poland. The wolf has been widely used in many forms in heraldry during the Middle Ages. Though commonly reviled as a livestock predator and man-eater, the wolf was also considered a noble and courageous animal, and frequently appeared on the arms and crests of numerous noble families.
B. Coats of arms with bears (20 P) Coats of arms with beavers (10 P) Coats of arms with bees (3 P) Coats of arms with birds (1 C, 94 P) Coats of arms with bison (10 P) Coats of arms with boars (3 P)
The bear as heraldic charge is not as widely used as the lion, boar or other beasts. In England it occurs mostly in canting arms, e.g. in the familial coats of arms of Barnard, Baring, Barnes, Bearsley, etc. In British and Irish heraldry, a bear's head is usually muzzled (reflecting the lack of wild bears in those islands), and is more commonly ...
The national symbols of Nigeria represent the country's identity, heritage, and values, reflecting its cultural diversity and historical journey. [1] These symbols include the national flag, coat of arms, anthem, and pledge, as well as the national flower, animal, currency, etc. [2] The Nigerian flag, designed in 1959 by Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, features three vertical stripes of green and ...
Unity, Liberty, Justice. The banner of arms, which serves as national flag. The coat of arms of Namibia is the official heraldic symbol of Namibia. Introduced at the time of independence in 1990, it superseded the earlier coat of arms used by the South African administration of the territory.