Coat of arms of Northern Ireland

The coat of arms of Northern Ireland in 1924 donated to the Northern Ireland administration, after the Irish Free State had separated from the United Kingdom, but is now regarded as historical.

History

The coat of arms was designed by Nevile Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms, 1923 and presented in 1924 the Northern Ireland civil servants in London. The final draft of Wilkinson's deputy Thomas Sadleir was approved by the Northern Ireland Cabinet in April 1924.

The draft was approved by a published by the Home Office Royal Warrant of King George V and entered on August 2, 1924 in the arms register of Dublin.

The coat of arms follows the same design as the flag of Northern Ireland, created in the same year, and how this has its basis in the flag of Ulster.

The Red Lion on the English heraldic right side and the Irish elk on the left side as shield holder and the crown above the coat of arms were added in 1925.

In 1971, the base of the coat of arms, on which are two heraldic animals, added by the College of Arms in London.

After the abolition of the Northern Ireland self-government 1972 the coat of arms was no longer used. The coat of arms Foundation has not been revoked, the coat of arms is but considered historic because it leading corporation no longer exists.

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