Coat of arms of the Netherlands

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Coat of arms of the Netherlands
Royal coat of arms of the Netherlands.svg
Details
Introduced August 24, 1815
Heraldic shield lion
Motto (motto) Je maintiendrai

The coat of arms of the Netherlands ( Grote Rijkswapen - Großes Reichswappen ) is the coat of arms of the monarch Willem-Alexander .

description

“In blue, studded with golden shingles , a gold-crowned, red- armored and red- tongued golden lion , in the right a gold-tipped silver sword, in the left holding a bundle of seven gold-tipped and feathered silver arrows." ,, down with gold leaf, also trimmed with silver pearls finished at the top with blue, golden-tired and just crossed orb royal crown adorned the crown ring with colored stones, the shield held by two rotbewehrten and rotgezungten golden lion on a blue ribbon standing with the French motto in gold letters:

" Je maintiendrai . "
( I will keep. )

The coat of arms is surrounded by a red and hermeline royal cloak , forming a pavilion at the top and the royal crown on top.

The royal decree stipulates that a male heir to the throne can replace the crown on the shield with a helmet from Nassau .

history

The coat of arms was by decree of King Wilhelm I of 24. August 1815 at the founding of the Kingdom of the Netherlands introduced. The seven arrows in the shield represent the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht .

It is a combination of the coat of arms of Orange-Nassau and Holland .

The government of the Netherlands uses a smaller version without the coat and pavilion - sometimes even just the shield with the crown is used. The components of the coat of arms were laid down by Queen Wilhelmina in a decree of July 10, 1907 and confirmed by Queen Juliana in a decree of April 23, 1980 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal coat of arms (Koninklijk wapen)> Je Maintiendrai (ndl.)

See also

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-570-01082-1 .

Web links

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