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Armiger: Czech Republic: Adopted: 17 December 1992: Shield: Quarterly: first and fourth gules, a lion rampant queue forchée argent armed, langued and crowned Or (Bohemia); second azure, an eagle displayed chequé gules and argent armed, langued and crowned Or (Moravia); third Or, an eagle displayed sable armed and langued gules crowned of the field and charged on the breast with a crescent ...
Three variants of the coat of arms of Czechoslovakia were adopted in 1920 along with the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920.After the creation of the Second Czechoslovak Republic in 1938 all versions legally remained official, although state power and the government chiefly used the middle version, to emphasize the new autonomous federal regime and abandonment of the concept of Czechoslovakism.
The national symbols of the Czech Republic are flags, heraldry, cultural expressions and other symbols that represent the Czech Republic, Czech people and their history, culture and nationhood. There are six official symbols which are declared in the Constitution of the Czech Republic. However many other historical, cultural and geographical ...
The greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic includes the arms of Bohemia with the Bohemian lion, Moravia with a chequered eagle, and Silesia with a black eagle.. Czech heraldry was formed from 12th to 13th century by Premyslid dukes and kings of Bohemia, beginning with flaming eagle of Saint Wenceslaus on coins of Duke Frederick in 1179.
The Kingdom of Bohemia (Czech: České království), [a] sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, [8] [9] [a] was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe. It was the predecessor state of the modern Czech Republic. The Kingdom of Bohemia was an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire.
Banner of the Czech Land Forces: Banner represents the Czech Land Forces. Obverse side shows same insignia of the greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic same for all branches of the Army. Reverse side shows emblem of Czech Land Forces with golden linden leaves. 1:1 1993: Banner of the Czech Air Force: Banner represents the Czech Air Forces.
The coat of arms of Moravia has been used for centuries to represent Moravia, a traditional province in the present-day Czech Republic. The coat of arms is also present in a field of the coat of arms of the Czech Republic. The coat of arms of Moravia is charged with a gold-crowned, white-red-checkered eagle with golden claws, beak, and tongue.
The use of the emblem of the Capital City Prague is regulated by Act No. 131/2000 Coll. of 13 April 2000 on the Capital City of Prague. [5]The use of the coat of arms and the flag of the Capital City Prague may only be used by the Capital City Prague and legal persons and institutions established or set up by the Capital City Prague.