Coat of arms of Latvia

The coat of arms of Latvia was designed after the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia (18 November 1918) Rihards Zariņš and focuses on the national sovereignty of Latvia.

  • 2.1 Great State Coat of Arms
  • 2.2 Expanded Small State Coat of Arms
  • 2.3 Small State Coat of Arms

Description

The coat of arms combines symbols of Latvian national state with symbols presenting the historical regions.

Blazon

Coat Description: Latvia is a split, split down crest. The coat of arms is blue on top, is a rising golden sun at twenty-one, broadening rays alternately, split down; front on a silver left inverted red lion with a golden tongue, back to red a fairly inverted silver arms swinging gripper with golden tongue. The escutcheon is placed a sheet of three five-pointed golden stars. This is the so-called " Small Crest".

Importance

The national independence of Latvia is represented by the top rising in blazon golden sun on a blue background: A symbol of the sun was the identification mark and the identification symbol of the Latvian Riflemen in the Russian army in the First World War. The sun was still being presented with 17 rays that symbolized the 17 former Latvian counties. In 1935, the number of Latvian counties had increased to 18. Today the sun is represented with 21 rays. A reference to the 26 currently existing counties can no longer be produced.

The three golden stars above the coat of arms stand for the union of the three historic landscape areas - Courland (including Semgallen ), Vidzeme and Latgale - in a united Latvia.

This landscape areas are shown in blazon down by the heraldic figures dating from the 16th century:

  • Kurland and Semgallen are symbolized by the red lion on silver. The lion appears in 1569 in the arms of the former Duchy of Courland.
  • Livonia and Latgale are symbolized by the silver griffin on red. This symbol dates back to 1566, when the current territory of Livonia and Latgale under Polish- Lithuanian rule was.

Coat of use

The use of the national coat of arms of Latvia is prescribed by the Saeima.

Great State Coat of Arms

The Great State Coat of Arms differs from the Small State Emblem by the two holding coats of arms. Right, a red lion with a golden tongue and left the silver Cross with a golden tongue, standing on two green oak branches, which are connected by a ribbon in the colors of the Latvian flag.

The Great State Coat of Arms of Latvia is used by:

Advanced Small State Coat of Arms

The Advanced Small State Emblem differs from the Small State Coat of Arms by the additional two green oak branches, which rise beneath the blazon crossing the front and back up to the level of the rising sun.

The Advanced Small State Emblem is used by:

Small National Coat of Arms

The Small State Coat of Arms (see illustration above ) is used by:

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