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Estonia's mightiest oak was pictured on the ten kroon note and so on. The highest denomination, the five hundred kroon note, carried an image of the barn swallow in full flight. The symbol of Estonian fight for freedom is the core of the Cross of Liberty.
The three lions on the national symbol of Estonia originate from the arms of King Valdemar II of Denmark who conquered northern Estonia in 1219. [1] [2] The lions became part of the greater coat of arms of Tallinn (Reval), the centre of Danish government in Estonia, and the fiefdoms (German: Ritterschaften) of Harria and Viru.
Orders, decorations, and medals of Estonia (6 C, 14 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Estonia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
After Estonia became an independent country in 1918, the coat of arms of Tallinn was reconfirmed in 1919 in the same form as it had been approved in 1877. In this same form it can be seen on the painted bas-relief on the Tallinn Town Hall. In the 1970s to 1980s, a Soviet-style emblem (analogous to coat of arms) was designed by Paul Luhtein.
The tricolour was already in wide use as the symbol of the nation, when the Republic of Estonia became a fully independent country in 1918. Formally, the tricolour became the national flag by the decision of the Estonian government on 21 November 1918, and the parliament later reconfirmed the flag's official status with a law in 1922.
The flag was formally adopted on 21 November 1918. On 12 December 1918 the flag was raised for the first time as the national symbol atop of the Pikk Hermann tower in Tallinn. [1] The following is a list of flags of Estonia.
The badge was designed by Heinz Valk. [3]The cornflower is one of the national symbols of Estonia and the broken cornflower symbolizes the repression of Estonians. [4] After the June coup of 1940 many patriots wore a cornflower, because it became dangerous to wear badges or ribbons in national colors.
Old Thomas (Estonian: Vana Toomas) is one of the symbols and guardians of Tallinn (Reval), the capital of Estonia. [1] A weather vane, the figure of an old warrior called Old Thomas was put on top of the spire of Tallinn Town Hall in 1530.