List of coats of arms explained

Coats of arms are commonly possessed by nations, regions, cities, royal and noble personages, and sometimes by other entities.

Entities

Corporate

• United Kingdom
  • Coat of arms of the BBC
  • City of London Livery Companies
    • Coat of arms of the Drapers Company, the Worshipful Company of Drapers
  • Supermarkets
    • Marks & Spencer
    • Tesco

Education

• Canada
  • Coat of arms of McGill University
  • Coat of arms of the University of Toronto

Governmental

• Emblem of Afghanistan
• Coat of arms of Albania
• Coat of arms of Algeria
• Coat of arms of Andorra
• Coat of arms of Angola
• Coat of arms of Argentina
• Coat of arms of Armenia
• Coat of arms of Aruba
• Coat of arms of Australia
  • Coat of arms of Australian Capital Territory
  • Coat of arms of the Northern Territory
  • Coat of arms of Queensland
  • Coat of arms of South Australia
  • Coat of arms of Victoria
  • Coat of arms of Western Australia
  • Coat of arms of New South Wales
    • Coat of arms of Sydney
  • Coat of arms of Tasmania
• Coat of arms of Austria
• Coat of arms of the Bahamas
• Emblem of Bahrain
• Coat of arms of Bangladesh
• Coat of arms of Barbados
• National emblem of Belarus
• Coat of arms of Belgium
• Coat of arms of Belize
• Coat of arms of Dewsbury
• Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Coat of arms of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Coat of arms of Republika Srpska
  • Coat of arms of Sarajevo
• Coat of arms of Brazil
• Emblem of Brunei
• Coat of arms of Bulgaria
  • Coat of arms of Sofia
• Coat of arms of Canada
  • Coat of arms of Alberta
    • Coat of arms of Calgary
    • Coat of arms of Edmonton
  • Coat of arms of British Columbia
    • Coat of arms of Abbotsford
    • Coat of arms of Burnaby
    • Coat of arms of Coquitlam
    • Coat of arms of New Westminster
    • Coat of arms of Port Coquitlam
    • Coat of arms of Port Moody
    • Coat of arms of Vancouver
    • Coat of arms of Victoria
  • Coat of arms of Manitoba
    • Coat of arms of Winnipeg
  • Coat of arms of New Brunswick
  • Coat of arms of Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Coat of arms of St. John's
  • Coat of arms of Nova Scotia
    • Coat of arms of the Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Coat of arms of Ontario
    • Coat of arms of Barrie
    • Coat of arms of Ottawa
    • Coat of arms of Peterborough
    • Coat of arms of St. Thomas
    • Coat of arms of St. Catharines
    • Coat of arms of Toronto
    • Coat of arms of Windsor
  • Coat of arms of Prince Edward Island
    • Coat of arms of Charlottetown
  • Coat of arms of Quebec
    • Coat of arms of Montreal
    • Coat of arms of Quebec City
  • Coat of arms of Saskatchewan
    • Coat of arms of Regina
  • Coat of arms of the Northwest Territories
    • Coat of arms of Yellowknife
  • Coat of arms of Nunavut
  • Coat of arms of Yukon
    • Coat of arms of Whitehorse
• Coat of arms of Chile
• Emblem of the Republic of China
• National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
  • Emblem of Hong Kong
  • Emblem of Macau
• Coat of arms of Colombia
• Coat of arms of Croatia
• Coat of arms of Cuba
  • Seal of Havana
• Coat of arms of Cyprus
• Coat of arms of the Czech Republic
• Coat of arms of Denmark
  • Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands
  • Coat of arms of Greenland
• Coat of arms of Dominica
• Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic
• Coat of arms of Egypt
• Coat of arms of Eritrea
• Coat of arms of Estonia
• Emblem of Ethiopia
• Coat of arms of Fiji
• Coat of arms of Finland
  • Coat of arms of Åland
• Coat of arms of France
  • Coat of arms of French Polynesia
  • Coat of arms of Mayotte
  • Emblem of New Caledonia
  • Coat of arms of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Coat of arms of Wallis and Futuna
  • Coat of arms of Paris
• Coat of arms of Georgia
• Coat of arms of Germany
  • Coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg
  • Coat of arms of Bavaria
    • Coat of arms of Munich
  • Coat of arms of Brandenburg
    • Coat of arms of Berlin
  • Coat of arms of Bremen
  • Coat of arms of Hamburg
  • Coat of arms of Hesse
  • Coat of arms of Lower Saxony
  • Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate
    • List of coats of arms of the districts in Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Coat of arms of Saarland
  • Coat of arms of Saxony
    • Coat of arms of Dresden
  • Coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt
  • Coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein
  • Coat of arms of Thuringia
• Coat of arms of Ghana
• Coat of arms of Greece
  • Emblem of Greek Macedonia
• Coat of arms of Grenada
• Coat of arms of Haiti
• Coat of arms of Hungary
• Coat of arms of Iceland
• State emblem of India
  • Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh
  • Emblem of Karnataka
  • Emblem of Kerala
  • Emblem of Mumbai
  • Emblem of Sikkim
• Coat of arms of Indonesia
• Emblem of Iran
• Coat of arms of Iraq
• Coat of arms of Ireland
• Coat of arms of Israel
  • Emblem of Jerusalem
• Coat of arms of Italy
• Coat of arms of Ivory Coast
• Coat of arms of Jamaica
• Imperial Seal of Japan
• Coat of arms of Jordan
• Coat of arms of Kazakhstan
• Coat of arms of Kenya
• Emblem of Kuwait
• Coat of arms of Latvia
• Coat of arms of Liberia
• Coat of arms of Libya
• Coat of arms of Liechtenstein
• Coat of arms of Lithuania
• Coat of arms of Luxembourg
• Coat of arms of Madagascar
• Coat of arms of Malaysia
• Coat of arms of Mali
• Coat of arms of Malta
• Coat of arms of Mauritius
• Coat of arms of Mexico
  • Seal of Guadalajara
• Coat of arms of Moldova
• Coat of arms of Monaco
• Coat of arms of Montenegro
• Coat of arms of Morocco
• Coat of arms of Namibia
• Coat of arms of the Netherlands
  • Coat of arms of Amsterdam
  • Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles
• Coat of arms of New Zealand
  • Coat of arms of Niue
  • Coat of arms of the Cook Islands
• Coat of arms of Nigeria
• Emblem of North Korea
• Coat of arms of North Macedonia
• Coat of arms of Norway
  • List of coats of arms of Norway
• National emblem of Oman
• Coat of arms of Pakistan
• Coat of arms of Palestine
• Coat of arms of Peru
• Coat of arms of the Philippines
  • Seal of Bangsamoro
• Coat of arms of Poland
  • Coat of arms of Kraków
  • Coat of arms of Warsaw
  • Coat of arms of Wrocław
• Coat of arms of Portugal
  • Coat of arms of Lisbon
  • Coat of arms of Madeira
  • Coat of arms of the Azores
• Emblem of Qatar
• Coat of arms of Romania
  • Coat of arms of Bucharest
• Coat of arms of Russia
  • Coat of arms of Adygea
  • Altai (image only)
  • Coat of arms of Bashkortostan
  • Emblem of Buryatia
  • Chechnya (image only)
  • Coat of arms of Crimea
  • Chuvashia (image only)
  • Coat of arms of Dagestan
  • Coat of arms of Ingushetia
  • Kabardino-Balkaria (image only)
  • Coat of arms of Kalmykia
  • Karachay-Cherkessia (image only)
  • Coat of arms of the Republic of Karelia
  • Khakassia (image only)
  • Coat of arms of the Komi Republic
  • Mari El (image only)
  • Mordovia (image only)
  • Coat of arms of North Ossetia-Alania
  • Sakha (image only)
  • Coat of arms of Tatarstan
  • Coat of arms of Tuva
  • Coat of arms of Udmurtia
  • Coat of arms of Moscow
• Coat of arms of Samoa
• Coat of arms of San Marino
• Coat of arms of Saudi Arabia
• Coat of arms of Serbia
  • Coat of arms of Vojvodina
  • Coat of arms of Belgrade
  • Coat of arms of Novi Sad
  • Coat of arms of Prijepolje
• Coat of arms of Singapore
• Coat of arms of Slovakia
• Coat of arms of Slovenia
• Coat of arms of South Africa
  • Coat of arms of South Africa (1910–2000)
• Coat of arms of South Korea
• Coat of arms of South Sudan
• Coat of arms of Spain
  • Emblem of Andalusia
  • Coat of arms of Aragon
  • Coat of arms of Asturias
  • Coat of arms of the Balearic Islands
  • Coat of arms of Basque Country
  • Coat of arms of the Canary Islands
  • Coat of arms of Cantabria
  • Coat of arms of Castile-La Mancha
    • Coat of arms of Toledo
  • Coat of arms of Castile-León
  • Coat of arms of Catalonia
    • Coat of arms of Barcelona
  • Coat of arms of Ceuta
  • Coat of arms of Extremadura
  • Coat of arms of Galicia
  • Coat of arms of the Community of Madrid
    • Coat of arms of Madrid (city)
  • Coat of arms of Melilla
  • Coat of arms of the Region of Murcia
  • Coat of arms of Navarre
  • Coat of arms of La Rioja
  • Coat of arms of the Valencian Community
  • Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon (historical)
  • Coat of arms of the Kingdom, Crown and Historical Region of Castile (historical)
  • Coat of arms of the Kingdom and Historical Region of León (historical)
• Coat of arms of Sri Lanka
• Coat of arms of Sweden
• Coat of arms of Switzerland
• Coat of arms of Syria
• Coat of arms of Tanzania
• Emblem of Thailand
• Coat of arms of Tonga
• Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago
• Coat of arms of Tunisia
• Unofficial emblem of Turkey
• Coat of arms of Uganda
• Coat of arms of Ukraine
• Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
• Royal arms of Cambodia
• Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (distinct variant used in Scotland; see also royal coat of arms of Scotland)
  • Royal arms of England
    • List of arms of the county councils of England
      • Coat of arms of London County Council
      • Coat of arms of the Isle of Wight
      • Coat of arms of Greater Manchester
      • Coat of arms of West Yorkshire
    • London
      • Coat of arms of the City of London
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Barnet
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Bexley
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Brent
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Bromley
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Camden
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Croydon
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Ealing
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Enfield
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Hackney
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Haringey
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Harrow
      • Coat of arms of the London Borough of Hillingdon
      • Coat of arms of the Royal Borough of Greenwich
    • Coats of arms of metropolitan district councils of England
      • Coat of arms of Bradford
      • Coat of arms of Calderdale
      • Coat of arms of Kirklees
      • Coat of arms of Leeds
      • Coat of arms of Sunderland
      • Coat of arms of Wakefield
      • Coat of arms of Wigan
      • Symbols of Manchester
    • Coats of arms of non-metropolitan district councils
      • Coat of arms of Barrow-in-Furness
      • Coat of arms of Colchester
      • Coat of arms of Oxford
    • Coats of arms of unitary authority councils of England
      • Coat of arms of the Isle of Wight
      • Coat of arms of Poole
      • Coat of arms of York
    • Coat of arms of Birmingham
    • Coat of arms of Liverpool
  • Royal arms of Scotland
  • Coat of arms of Northern Ireland
  • Royal Badge of Wales
    • Coat of arms of Newport
  • Overseas Territories
    • Coat of arms of Anguilla
    • Coat of arms of Bermuda
    • Coat of arms of the British Antarctic Territory
    • Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory
    • Coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands
    • Coat of arms of the Cayman Islands
    • Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands
    • Coat of arms of Gibraltar
    • Coat of arms of Montserrat
    • Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands
    • Coat of arms of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
      • Coat of arms of Ascension Island
      • Coat of arms of Saint Helena
      • Coat of arms of Tristan da Cunha
    • Coat of arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Crown Dependencies
    • Coat of arms of Guernsey
      • Alderney (image only)
      • Sark (image only)
      • Herm (image only)
    • Coat of arms of Jersey
    • Coat of arms of the Isle of Man
• United States - The obverse of the Great Seal of the United States contains the coat of arms of the United States.
  • Seal of Alabama
    • Coat of arms of Alabama
  • Seal of Alaska
  • Seal of Arizona
  • Seal of Arkansas
  • Seal of California
    • Seal of City of Los Angeles
  • Seal of Colorado
  • Seal of Connecticut
    • Coat of arms of Connecticut
  • Seal of Delaware
  • Seal of Florida
  • Seal of Georgia
  • Seal of Hawaii
  • Seal of Idaho
  • Seal of Illinois
    • Chicago (image only)
  • Seal of Indiana
  • Seal of Iowa
  • Seal of Kansas
  • Seal of Kentucky
  • Seal of Louisiana
  • Seal of Maine
  • Seal of Maryland
  • Seal of Massachusetts
  • Seal of Michigan
  • Seal of Minnesota
  • Seal of Mississippi
    • Coat of arms of Mississippi
  • Seal of Missouri
  • Seal of Montana
  • Seal of Nebraska
  • Seal of Nevada
  • Seal of New Hampshire
  • Seal of New Jersey
  • Seal of New Mexico
  • Seal of New York
    • Coat of arms of New York
    • Seal of New York City
  • Seal of North Carolina
  • Seal of North Dakota
    • Coat of arms of North Dakota
  • Seal of Ohio
  • Seal of Oklahoma
  • Seal of Oregon
  • Seal of Pennsylvania
    • Coat of arms of Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia (image only)
  • Seal of Rhode Island
  • Seal of South Carolina
  • Seal of South Dakota
  • Seal of Tennessee
  • Seal of Texas
  • Seal of Utah
  • Seal of Vermont
    • Coat of arms of Vermont
  • Seal of Virginia
  • Seal of Washington
  • Seal of West Virginia
  • Seal of Wisconsin
  • Seal of Wyoming
  • Seal of the District of Columbia
  • Seal of American Samoa
  • Seal of Guam
  • Seal of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • Seal of Puerto Rico
  • Seal of the United States Virgin Islands
  • Coat of arms of the Holy See Coat of arms of Vatican City
• Coat of arms of Venezuela
  • Armorial of Venezuela
• Emblem of Vietnam
• Emblem of Yemen
• Coat of arms of Zimbabwe

Former states

• Coat of arms of Artsakh
• Coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Coats of arms of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics
• Coat of arms of the Soviet Union
  • Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics

Former dependencies

• Coat of arms of British Hong Kong
• Coat of arms of Portuguese Macau

Positions

• Denmark
  • Coat of arms of the Queen
  • Coat of arms of the Crown Prince
  • Coat of arms of Prince Joachim
  • Coat of arms of the Crown Princess
  • Coat of arms of Princess Marie
• Luxembourg
  • Coat of arms of the Grand Duke
  • Coat of arms of the Hereditary Grand Duke
• The Netherlands
  • Coat of arms of the Queen
  • Coat of arms of the Princess of Orange
  • Coat of arms of Princesses Alexia and Ariane
    • • • • Coat of arms of Princess Beatrix Coat of arms of Prince Constantijn Coat of arms of Princesses Irene, Margriet and Christina
  • Coat of arms of Princes Maurits, Bernhard, Pieter-Christiaan and Floris
• Norway
  • Coat of arms of the King
  • Coat of arms of the Crown Prince
• Spain
  • Coat of arms of the King
    • • Coat of arms of the Princess of Asturias Coat of arms of King Juan Carlos
• Philippines
  • Seal of the President of the Philippines
  • Seal of the Vice President of the Philippines
• The Commonwealth
  • Coat of arms of the Duke of Edinburgh
  • Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales
  • Coat of arms of the Duchess of Cornwall
  • Coat of arms of the Princess Royal
  • Coat of arms of the Duke of York
  • Coat of arms of the Earl of Wessex
  • Coat of arms of the Countess of Wessex
  • Coat of arms of the Duke of Cambridge
  • Coat of arms of Prince Harry
  • Coat of arms of Princess Beatrice of York
  • Coat of arms of Princess Eugenie of York
  • Coat of arms of the Duke of Gloucester
  • Coat of arms of the Duchess of Gloucester
  • Coat of arms of the Duke of Kent
  • Coat of arms of the Duchess of Kent
  • Coat of arms of Prince Michael of Kent
  • Coat of arms of the Princess Michael of Kent
  • Coat of arms of Princess Alexandra
• United States
  • Seal of the president of the United States
    • List of personal coats of arms of presidents of the United States
  • Seal of the vice president of the United States
    • List of personal coats of arms of vice presidents of the United States
• Vatican City, Holy See, and Catholic Church
  • Coat of arms of Francis
    • Former papal coats of arms

Family

• Carpenter
• Daniel Perrin
• House Drăguț
• De la Cerda
• Mariñelarena

See also

• List of oldest heraldry
• National emblems