File:UK Royal Coat of Arms.svg

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English: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

Other languages:

Afrikaans: Landwapen van die Verenigde Koninkryk met die leuses van die Orde van die Kousband en die Britse Koningshuis

Bosanski: Kraljevski grb Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva.

Català: Escut del Regne Unit

Čeština: Erb Spojeného království

Dansk: Storbritanniens nationalvåben med Hosebåndsordenens valgsprog („Honi soit qui mal y pense“) og kongehusets („Dieu et mon droit“)

Deutsch: Wappen des Vereinigten Königreichs mit dem Wahlspruch des Hosenbandordens („Honi soit qui mal y pense“) und dem des Königshauses („Dieu et mon droit“)

English: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

Español: Blasón nacional del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, y escudo de armas de su monarca.

Français : Armes royales du Royaume-Uni.

Íslenska: Skjaldarmerki breska konungdæmisins

Italiano: Lo stemma reale del Regno Unito.

Magyar: Az Egyesült Királyság címere

Nederlands: Wapen van het Verenigd Koninkrijk, met het motto van de Orde van de Kousenband (Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense) en dat van het Britse Koningshuis (Dieu et mon droit).

Português: Real brasão de armas do Reino Unido

Română: Stema regală a Regatului Unit

Suomi: Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan vaakuna.

Svenska: Storbritanniens kungliga vapen.

Македонски: Кралски грб на Обединетото Кралство

Русский: Герб Великобритании

Українська: Герб Великобританії

한국어: 영국의 국장

日本語：英国王室の紋章

中文：英国国徽

中文（繁體）：英國皇家徽章

العربية : الشعار الملكي للمملكة المتحدة

Summary

DescriptionUK Royal Coat of Arms.svg	English: en:Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom since 1837. Español: es:Escudo del Reino Unido, 1837. Français : fr:Armes royales du Royaume-Uni depuis 1837. 日本語: イギリスの国章, 1837. 한국어: 영국의 국장, 1837. Македонски: Кралски грб на Обединетото Кралство од 1837 г. Русский: Королевский герб Великобритании с 1837 года. Português: pt:Real brasão de armas do Reino Unido, 1837. Svenska: sv:Storbritanniens kungliga vapen, sedan 1837. Français : « HONI SOIT [QUI] MAL [Y] PENSE » English: Shamed be he who thinks ill of it (shamed be [he who] ill [of it] thinks) Македонски: Срам да му е на оној кој му мисли зло Русский: Позор тому, кто дурно об этом подумает Français : « DIEU · ET [·] MON · DROIT » English: God and my right Македонски: Бог и моето право Русский: Бог и моё право
Date	1837 (adopted)
Source	Own work, based on [1] and File:Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (black and white).png used as reference.
Author	Unknown (Vector graphics by Chabacano) This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape .
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:44, 30 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.37 MB)	Rugby471	vacummed defs
	11:32, 28 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.59 MB)	Ignacio Icke	Reverted to version as of 02:51, 21 October 2007. Colors, outline and style of the harp match better in the original version, plus harps have more than 7 chords.
	03:05, 21 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.55 MB)	Oren neu dag	changing the Irish Harp to the one from Image:Green Ensign.svg
	02:51, 21 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.59 MB)	Oren neu dag
	04:46, 11 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.59 MB)	Ignacio Icke	red claws, change of the lion in the 4th quarter
	02:30, 8 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.57 MB)	Ignacio Icke	+shamrocks +thicker borders for the unicorn
	16:09, 6 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.39 MB)	Ignacio Icke	lions facing forward
	03:51, 6 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.39 MB)	Ignacio Icke	arf.. the chain goes between its legs :(
	03:40, 6 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.34 MB)	Ignacio Icke	sorting of layers mistake :( Too much details
	01:49, 6 October 2007	1,057 × 1,053 (1.3 MB)	Ignacio Icke	thistle+rose