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The coat of arms of Great Britain was the coat of arms used by the monarchs of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which existed from 1707 to 1801.The kingdom came into being on 1 May 1707, with the political union of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England, which included Wales.
The royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, also referred to as the royal arms, are the arms of dominion of the British monarch, currently Charles III. [1] They are used by the Government of the United Kingdom and by other Crown institutions, [ 2 ] including courts in the United Kingdom and in some parts of the Commonwealth .
Pages in category "British coats of arms" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Coat of arms of Great Britain;
Quarterly, First and Fourth Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Second quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, thereon a lion statant ...
The lion and the unicorn as they appear on both versions of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. In the Scottish version (shown right) the two have switched places and both are crowned, and the lion on top is coloured red. The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols of the United Kingdom.
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom. The Imperial War Graves Commission had been established by Royal Charter in 1917. [1] Following the cessation of hostilities in 1918 at the end of the First World War, the Commission continued developing its plans to commemorate the war dead of both the British Army and troops from the Empire and its Dominions.
The coat of arms of Gibraltar is the oldest in use in an overseas territory of the United Kingdom and is unique in that it dates from before the period of British colonial administration. The version used by the government of Gibraltar are the same as the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom combined with a badge featuring the own coat of ...
Possible arms of Henry II. King Henry I of England was said to have given a badge decorated with a lion to his son-in-law Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and some have interpreted this as a grant of the lion arms later seen on his funerary enamel, but the first documented royal coat of arms appear on the Great Seal of Richard I, where he is depicted on horseback with a shield containing ...