York’s civic coat of arms is a shield of St George’s flag with five lions arranged across the red cross bit. There’s a saltire cross formed of a sword and mace behind the shield, with a ceremonial cap ...

A new exhibition introducing the symbols of the border city has opened at Narva Castle. The Narva coat of arms is over 600 ...

But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.

The Motherland Monument, a 335-foot statue of a woman holding a sword and shield, has towered over Kyiv since 1981 as a symbol of the U.S.S.R.’s triumphs during World War II.

Denmark’s royal coat of arms was updated recently, with the ram and polar bear, which represent the Faroe Islands and Greenland, each having their own panel. Danish Royal House, via Associated Press ...