Coat of Arms used by the Washington and Lee family.
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1776, america, american history, coat of arms, flag
The original Coat of Arms drawn up by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere during America's Revolutionary War of Independence. Refers to colonists ethnically hailing from England, Ireland, Scotland, Flanders, France, and the German Holy Roman Empire. Also shows a chain linking the then-extant states as well as the District of Columbia.
Inspired by King Arthur, Merlin the Druid, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, the province of Somerset years adopted this heraldic rampant dragon as the flag. To represent it properly, it would have a yellow background, but pick what you want!
An older emblem of the Rpeublic of Venice when the Dux or Doge was appointed by Roman Emperors (or Byzantine Emperors) before the rise of the Great Council and patrician elections of the Dux or Doge and the redesign of the flag into the more well known full winged lion of St. Mark.
The golden chalice that was the flag for the moderate Hussite Rebels of Bohemia (modern Czechia) as they faced and successfully repelled huge armies of crusaders under the leadership of legendary general Jan Zizka.
Coat of Arms for the Roman Imperial Komnene dynasty. The double headed eagle has been a Roman symbol of caesaropapism, unification of church and state, since late antiquity, though was never a national flag. It is Anatolian in origin, hailing from the Hittites, but via the usage of the Roman Empire many other countries adopted it as well, such as the Holy Roman Empire, the Seljuk Sultanate and their Rumish successors, and the Russian Empire.
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medieval, coat of arms, alexios, comnenus, greece