Favourite Coat of Arms

[Aunt Hilda]

what is(are) your favourite Coats of Arms?

[Aunt Hilda]

for me personally it's Finland

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg/480px-Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg.png

[Cleitus]

:D

[RandoBloom]

For me :)
http://www.camo.ch/uploads/RTEmagicC_ff40848c65.jpg.jpg

[Aunt Hilda]

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/006/4/c/1938_1945_reichskriegsflagge__several_resolutions_ _by_jpviktorjokinen-d5qngmv.jpg

I said coat of arms, not flag :picard1:

[Cleitus]

yes I know I copied the wrong link.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Reichsadler_der_Deutsches_Reich_(1933%E2%80%931945 ).svg/1000px-Reichsadler_der_Deutsches_Reich_(1933%E2%80%931945 ).svg.png?uselang=

[Damião de Góis]

My favourite Coat of Arms if from my mother's home town. Since it's a town in southern Portugal, the focus is on reconquista. I find it very politically incorrect, but at the same time that's a good thing since this is historically accurate.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/STC1.png

[hobosmurf]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Coat_of_arms_of_Montenegro.svg

[Roy]

Mużaków / Bad Muskau - cool!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Wappen_Bad_Muskau.png

[Damião de Góis]

I also like Portugal's national Coat of Arms

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Portuguese_shield.svg/220px-Portuguese_shield.svg.png

And for example this one. It's probably very recent, but i must admit it came out good (it's from "templar knights" from my home town):

http://comendatemplariadesetubal.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/brasao-2.gif

[Dengizik]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Coat_of_arms_of_Hungary.png

[Dengizik]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431960_210867129062342_721592530_n.jpg

[Aunt Hilda]

http://www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/scot/images/dundee1.jpg

[Damião de Góis]

Here are the usual coat of arms shapes that countries have. I'm not sure if this is accurate:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Formes_des_Blasons_Ecus_Coats_of_Arms.svg/800px-Formes_des_Blasons_Ecus_Coats_of_Arms.svg.png

[Roy]

Dolny Śląsk

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/POL_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_dolno%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_COA.sv g

[Baldur]

Denmark:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/National_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.svg/274px-National_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.svg.png
Germany:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Coat_of_Arms_of_Germany.svg/200px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Germany.svg.png
Ireland:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg.png
Sweden:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Sweden.svg/200px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_Sweden.svg.png
Thailand:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Garuda_Emblem_of_Thailand.svg/500px-Garuda_Emblem_of_Thailand.svg.png

[Illancha]

Check my avatar.

[Aunt Hilda]

Check my avatar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUOB8MN4Kc

[gregorius]

one day ill tatoo this one on my shoulder

http://www.armenica.org/collection/Symbols/Arms/gerb.gif

[Wolf]

Austria-Hungary (1915-1918):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Austria-Hungaria_transparency.png

[Aunt Hilda]

:p we have a separate thread for family crests :p

[hisn]

right but they're so impressive there, makes me insignificant ~..~ besides, wanted to show slight variations with the designs..

[Aunt Hilda]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/c/cb/20130327095746%21Heyking_COA.JPG

[CrystalMaiden]

http://fireofwisdom.com/images/448px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina__281992-1998_29.svg_1_.png

[Germanicus]

^Yours surely should be crossed scimitars and a goats head?

[Aunt Hilda]

http://cdn2.vtourist.com/6/1394969-Arms_of_Klaipeda_Klaipeda.jpg

[Virtuous]

my surname (last letter corrupted as well), simplistic as shit.. nonetheless, still adore both

http://www.genealogie.org/armoiries/lemieux-s.jpeg
arms
http://www.acadian.org/images/Lemieux%20Crest.png
crest

http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d%27Oro/falson_clip_image002.png

http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d%27Oro/falson.html

[Aunt Hilda]

http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d%27Oro/falson.html
here's the thread for family crests http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?23461-Member-family-Coat-of-Arms-thread&highlight=family+crest

[hisn]

^^so.. then move them there (?) <_<

l`ll find more that are in graphics instead of shoddy photo-quality, later..

http://s14.postimg.org/r588knbgh/image.png
King of/König von Jerusalem, circa 1500 - Göglhaus, Krems (Österreich)

http://s14.postimg.org/xwt570d6p/image.png
Fleming *lower owl's obscured, obviously* - Bargate facade, Southampton

http://www.burgenseite.com/heraldik/boehmen_goldegg_wp_1.jpg
King of Bohemia/Königreich Böhmen, 1536 - Goldegg, Salzburg (Österreich)

[Graham]

Mużaków / Bad Muskau - cool!

Haha awesome, that is quite amusing.

[Gaijin]

http://www.oocities.org/barensteel/Joao_II.gif]
http://m1.i.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/64709621.axvJwGuk.LisbonMay06649.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Pgb9_GVYb9c/TH5jn6rneWI/AAAAAAAAGA8/T_zoOaop23s/s400/A+vit%C3%B3ria+de+Aljubarrota+1985+-+CAS+c%C3%B3pia.jpg
http://vector.me/files/images/5/2/52819/portugal_escudo.png

[Graham]

Stirling Castle

http://www.leopardmag.co.uk/images/192.jpghttp://todieadrydeath.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_2273.jpg

[hisn]

faroes
http://en.museum-of-money.org/foto/faroe_islands.jpg

kamchatka
http://images.vector-images.com/41/g1583_kamchatka_obl.gif

[ABest]

I like the French Coat of Arms the most.

Arms of France Ancien.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_France_%28Ancien%29.svg

Arms of the Kingdom of France (1589–1792).
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120120015426/althistory/images/thumb/b/bc/Grand_Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%26_Navarre.svg/593px-Grand_Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%26_Navarre.svg .png

[alfieb]

http://bibliotecaestense.beniculturali.it/info/img/stemmiimg/005/005-023-2.jpg
Coat of Arms of Sicily from late 1200s to 1800s.

[hisn]

japan's seal, chrysanthemum crest

http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/japanese-symbols/japanese-symbols-2.jpg

[Wolf]

Prussia (19th century):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png

[Permafrost]

Kranjska and Styria

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ziemer/RADOVAN/krain.jpg

http://www.grboslovje.si/Slike/arhivst1445-1448.gif

Modern CoA of Slovenia is fugly communist bull****

I kinda like also the one of Novgorod

http://duma.niac.ru/upload/image/simbols/gerbNOcolor.bmp

and Krakow

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/POL_Krak%C3%B3w_COA.svg

[Virtuous]

Kingdom of Sicily

Legend says that Malta's flag was given by Count Roger of Normandy that tore a part of the chequered white/red pattern when he liberated the Islands from Saracen oppression.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Chronology_of_the_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_S icily.png

[Thelema]

Russia, Poland and Finland :D


http://s020.radikal.ru/i705/1307/0f/acc70ed86ddc.jpg (http://radikal.ru/fp/f108e1e65b2a47c8adc5aa07bf472d02)

[alfieb]

I once read a Maltese book on their history, and they speculated that Roger the Great Count had brought a checkerboard flag near to that of Croatia's, similar to but still different from the red-white-blue flag that we typically associate with the Hautevilles.

[hisn]

in case you haven't seen dürer's engravings ..they're neat

http://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00550/AN00550265_001_l.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Coat_of_arms_with_a_Skull_by_Albrecht_Dürer.jpghtt p://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00739/AN00739245_001_l.jpg

this last is his own of course, quite interesting:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00030/AN00030276_001_l.jpghttp://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00231/AN00231032_001_l.jpg

[Vojnik]

The lion of Macedonia. 1620:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Coat_of_arms_of_Macedonia_1620.jpg/450px-Coat_of_arms_of_Macedonia_1620.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Macedonian_lion%2C_1620%2C_stylized.svg/493px-Macedonian_lion%2C_1620%2C_stylized.svg.png



I love the Bulgarian one:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria_%28lesser_version%29.svg/405px-Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria_%28lesser_version%29.svg. png

And I Cant forget the Aussie coat of arms:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Australian_Coat_of_Arms.png/777px-Australian_Coat_of_Arms.png

[hisn]

http://www.palazzomalipiero.com/sito_statico/armamb.jpghttp://www.ossicella.it/lapidario/images/romano/11.JPGhttp://bibliotecaestense.beniculturali.it/info/img/stemmiimg/005/005-141-08.jpg

[larali]

I like the one of my family's surname.

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb427/bluefly102/d9533ec4-8a89-4531-8f08-e9abbdbb621d_zps67258e14.jpg

[Peikko]

The Coat of Arms of N.Karelia has some East vs. West symbolism.

A golden crown above two duelling arms, the right guantleted arm holding a sword and the left mailed arm a scimitar, all silver except for golden hafts and gauntlet joint. Ducal coronet.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg/500px-Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg.png

[Pjeter Pan]

Coat of arms of the albanian kingdom
http://i44.tinypic.com/wrnhfs.jpg

Coat of arms of shkoder
http://i44.tinypic.com/2u4lwnt.jpg

[Shah-Jehan]

Ottoman Empire
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1175202_10151857847691264_599825212_n.jpg
http://images.gittigidiyor.com/5564/OSMANLI-ARMASI-70-x-100-POSTER-AFIS__55640357_0.jpg
http://rlv.zcache.com/ottoman_coat_of_arms_round_sticker-ra86598947e7247ba90060cc0dc14a5b3_v9waf_8byvr_512. jpg

[The Illyrian Warrior]

Fav of All, Coat of Arms of Gjergj Kastrioti "SKENDERBEU" family :)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Coa_Kastrioti_Family.svg

[armenianbodyhair]

Oh look another thread that just turned into ethnic nationalism.

[Pjeter Pan]

Oh look another thread that just turned into ethnic nationalism.

Where do you see people arguing and fighting :picard1: i don't see anything wrong with this thread.

[armenianbodyhair]

Where do you see people arguing and fighting :picard1: i don't see anything wrong with this thread.

Where did I say there was anything wrong with that? Its just funny how no one can be objective here.

[♥ Lily ♥]

I like the Coat of Arms for Liverpool, UK

http://i.picasion.com/resize86/0d55656c4eaf2f89362b6d07e0fbce00.jpg
http://i.picasion.com/resize86/6189118153388ededc48a2d8ff7772c9.jpg
http://i.picasion.com/resize86/18c9a4ca5d229f171a49a40911fc9e7d.jpg
http://i.picasion.com/resize86/679d8b9c59d4bb7a1670391f5297a53c.jpg
http://i.picasion.com/resize86/6d4a8059baad9448d29205d25435e34b.jpg
http://i.picasion.com/resize86/814dcd3cf5d127af352f2a0000064eca.jpg
http://i.picasion.com/resize86/92b5560554c5b1d18ca04c18766f3a90.jpg

[♥ Lily ♥]

I also like the Coat of Arms for the Isle of Wight

http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/images/9/9f/Medina.jpg

[♥ Lily ♥]

Canada

http://www.heraldry.ca/images/canadaarms1921.jpghttp://www.heraldry.ca/images/canadaarms1957.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Coat_of_arms_of_Canada_%281957-1994%29.svg/2000px-Coat_of_arms_of_Canada_%281957-1994%29.svg.png

[♥ Lily ♥]

Australia

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Australian_coat_of_arms_1912_edit.png

[StormBringer]

http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s480x480/e35/c0.6.720.720/12237476_692866064183119_1517467034_n.jpg?ig_cache _key=MTEyOTAzNDc3NTgwOTYxMTU0OA%3D%3D.2.c
This went "viral" some time ago, but on second glance, it doesn't really look like a Transformer logo.
(btw, it says Derventa in Cyrillic, it's a town)

[Catarinense1998]

Austria-Hungary had the best coat of Arms.

[TheMaestro]

https://i.imgur.com/s0EA6Y6.png
Romanian pretty nice one.

[TheMaestro]

https://i.imgur.com/rtY2ELo.png
Greek pretty nice one too

[Catarinense1998]

Is Sokratis and Platon there?

[Catarinense1998]

Greek pretty nice one too[/QUOTE]

Sokratis and Platon there?

[TheMaestro]

Greek pretty nice one too

Sokratis and Platon there?[/QUOTE]

I think not

[TheMaestro]

Originality at its finest...

Nah

[Bosniensis]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Serbian_Emperor%27s_coat_of_arms%2C_Chronicle_of_t he_Council_of_Constance.jpg

[Catarinense1998]

Spain Franquista Coat of Arms:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Coat_of_Arms_of_Spain_%281939-1945%29.svg/800px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Spain_%281939-1945%29.svg.png

[Vožd]

Thailand have interesting coa:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Emblem_of_Thailand.svg/400px-Emblem_of_Thailand.svg.png

[Bosniensis]

Thailand have interesting coa:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Emblem_of_Thailand.svg/400px-Emblem_of_Thailand.svg.png

my eyes hurt..... wtf is that..

[Morlak]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE% D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%9B%D0%B0_%D1%88%D1%82%D 0%B8%D1%82.png/220px-%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE% D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%9B%D0%B0_%D1%88%D1%82%D 0%B8%D1%82.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Coat_of_arms_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro.svg/2000px-Coat_of_arms_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro.svg.png