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The Reichsadler, i. e. the German Imperial Eagle, originated from a proto-heraldic emblem that was believed to have been used by Charlemagne, the first Frankish ruler whom the Pope crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in AD 800, and derived ultimately from the Aquila, i. e. eagle standard, of the ancient Roman army.
By the late medieval period, in German heraldry the eagle developed into a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire, and thus became comparatively rare outside of coats of arms derived from the Imperial Eagle. The Imperial Eagle was and is denominated the Reichsadler. The first evidence of the use of the double-headed Imperial Eagle dates to the mid ...
Three-headed eagle arms of Reinmar von Zweter, from the Codex Manesse. According to Neubecker, the German imperial eagle goes back to the ancient Romans, and the newly crowned emperor Charlemagne erected an imperial eagle – a symbol that would carry over all the way to modern Germany – at his palace at Aachen.
Argent an eagle displayed Azure, crowned of the Imperial Crown Proper, armed, beaked, and langued Gules, charged with a crescent chequy Gules and Or. Patria del Friuli. Azure an eagle displayed Or, armed, langued and beaked Gules, the wings charged with a trefoil Gules. Duchy of Styria. Vert, a panther rampant Argent incensed proper. County of ...
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It is similar to the Parteiadler or Emblem of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP; known in English as the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or simply the Nazi Party), but the eagle of the latter is looking over its left shoulder, that is, looking to the right from the viewer's point of view.
The French Imperial Eagle (French: Aigle de drapeau, lit. ' flag eagle ' ) was a figure carried into battle as a standard by the Grande Armée of Napoleon I during the Napoleonic Wars . Although they were presented with regimental colours , Napoleon's regiments tended to carry at their head the Imperial Eagle.