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  2. Great Seal of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The eagle was made as realistic as the rules of heraldry would permit, and the scroll style was chosen to least interfere with the eagle. There were no stars in the chief (the area at the top of the shield), as is sometimes seen, as there are none specified in the blazon and thus including them would violate the rules of heraldry. Some had ...

  3. List of oldest heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Heraldry developed in the High Middle Ages based on earlier traditions of visual identification by means of seals, field signs, emblems used on coins, etc. Notably, lions that would subsequently appear in 12th-century coats of arms of European nobility have pre-figurations in the animal style of ancient art (specifically the style of Scythian art as it developed from c. the 7th century BC).

  4. National symbols of the United States - Wikipedia

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    National symbols of the United States are the symbols used to represent the United States of America. List of symbols. Symbol Name

  5. United States heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The Army's heraldry section is reorganised as The Institute of Heraldry in 1960. The Irish government presents President John F. Kennedy with a coat of arms 1961. [6] A private American College of Heraldry & Arms is established in 1966 – it closes in 1970. The ACH&A devises arms for Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, and Richard M. Nixon ...

  6. Eagle (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    In early heraldry or proto-heraldry of the 12th century, however, the eagle as a heraldic charge was not necessarily tied to either imperial or biblical symbolism. The Anglo-Norman L'Aigle family, who held Pevensey castle and the Borough of Pevensey, used the eagle as an emblem in an instance of canting arms.

  7. National coat of arms - Wikipedia

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    A national coat of arms is a symbol which denotes an independent state in the form of a heraldic achievement. [1] While a national flag is usually used by the population at large and is flown outside and on ships, a national coat of arms is normally considered a symbol of the government or (especially in monarchies) the head of state personally and tends to be used in print, on armorial ware ...

  8. Armorial of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Several United States vice presidents have borne a coat of arms; largely through inheritance, assumption, or grants from foreign heraldic authorities.The vice president of the United States, as a position, uses the seal of the vice president of the United States as a coat of arms, but this is a coat of arms of office, not a personal coat of arms.

  9. Double-headed eagle - Wikipedia

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    The Double-Headed Eagle is used as an emblem by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry [32] which was introduced in France, in the early 1760s, as the emblem of the Kadosh degree. [33] The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry , adopted the 'Double Headed Eagle of Lagash' as its emblem since the 1758 establishment of the Masonic Chivalry ...