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The coat of arms of Berlin is used by the German city state as well as the city itself. Introduced in 1954 for West Berlin, it shows a black bear on a white shield. On top of the shield is a special crown, created by the amalgamation of the mural crown of a city with the so-called people's crown (Volkskrone), used in Germany to denote a republic.
Bear and Ragged Staff heraldic motif used by the Earls of Warwick, from the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick. Seal of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382–1439), with Bear and Ragged Staff quasi-supporters to his couched heraldic shield Bear and Raggd Staff, detail from monument to Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
The bear and ragged staff as depicted in John Speed's c. 1611 map of the county. The design features the traditional bear and ragged staff used in the county since the Middle Ages as a symbol of the Earls of Warwick. [1] The first recorded use of the two symbols was by the Beauchamp family, who became the Earls of Warwick in 1268, as a seal.
The bear, which had been displayed pascuant (grazing), now stood on its hind legs, rampant, to eat fruits from a tree and the seven eight-pointed stars where shown on a bordure Azure (blue). [9] 1544-c.1600 In 1544 Charles I granted to Madrid the titles of "Imperial" and "Crowned" for this reason, a crown was added on the shield above the tree. [9]
A demi bear appears in the crest of Lawson in Canada. [7] A grizzly bear, with wings, appears as a supporter in the bearings of Norris, also in Canada. [8] Canada has armigers with polar bears in their bearings. [9] Chimerical half-bear, half-ravens appear as supporters of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
The flag of the abbey showed a bear on a yellow field, and the independent territory Appenzell changed the field to white for its own flag. Before its independence, Appenzell had a flag of a bear statant (on all fours) on a honeycombed field, attested from 1377. Appenzell split into its two half-cantons as a result of the Swiss Reformation, in ...
Pizza driver Connor Stephanoff got $2 tip in a snowstorm, so people, including TikToker Officer Craig, pooled their money and raised over $40,000 more for him.
Bears are popular in children's stories, including Winnie the Pooh, [34] Paddington Bear, [35] Gentle Ben [36] and The Brown Bear of Norway. [37] An early version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, [38] was originally published as The Three Bears in 1837 by Robert Southey, many times retold, and illustrated in 1918 by Arthur Rackham. [39]