Coat of arms of the Netherlands
The Greater Coat of Arms of the Realm, (or "Grote Rijkswapen"), is the Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The components of the coats of arms were regulated by Queen Wilhelmina in a Royal decree of July 10th 1907.
Description
The shield is crowned with the Dutch royal crown and supported by two lions. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text "Je Maintiendrai" (medieval French for "I will endure".)
The monarch places this coat of arms on a mantle lined with Ermine. Above the mantle is a pavilion Gules again topped with the royal crown.
In the Royal decree it is stated that the male successors can replace the crown on the shield by a helm.
History
This version of the coat of arms is in use since 1907.
Coat Of Arms Of The Netherlands Media
- Dutch Lion.png
Lion used on the (current) official coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Ingeram Codex 272 Nassau wapen 1459.svg
Coat of arms of Nassau: Azure billetty or, a lion rampant of the last armed and langued gules
- Zegel Staten-Generaal 1578.jpg
Great seal of the States General, 1578
- Gouda Arms of Dutch republic County Holland Kingdom The Netherlands.JPG
The banners of the Dutch Republic, the County of Holland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hanging from the city hall in Gouda
- Den Haag 147.jpg
The royal arms displayed in The Hague
- Coat of Arms of Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands.svg
Coat of Arms of Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands
- Arms of Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands.svg
Arms of Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands
- Coat of Arms of the children of Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands.svg
Coat of Arms of the children of Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands
Arms of the children of Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands
Coat of Arms of the children of Beatrix of the Netherlands (Variant)
