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• Royal College of Pathologists
  ...representing enlightenment and learning. The right-hand supporter is a red dragon with its wings expanded, representing evil, disease and death. The pair rep
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• National Arms of China
  Historically China also did not use heraldic arms. Until 1913 the Imperial Dragon was used as the official national symbol. ...e phoenix a female yin. Therefore, the emperor was often identified as the dragon, while the empress was the phoenix.
  7 KB (1,092 words) - 05:23, 7 January 2024
• Welkenraedt
  ..., lampassé d'azur; l'écu somiré d'un Saint-Georges à cheval, terrassant le dragon, contourné, le tout d'or. The arms were officially granted on April 10, 1954 and with a different supporter on November 26, 1981.
  2 KB (252 words) - 11:56, 9 September 2022
• Cumbria
  ...d collared with a Chain flexed over the back Or and on the sinister side a Dragon also Gules the whole upon a Compartment composed of a section of the Roman ...Naworth, a legendary beast from the Cumberland arms. On the right is a red dragon - a reference to the red Dragons of Appleby the ancient county town of West
  3 KB (512 words) - 14:35, 30 January 2024
• Swansea
  ...side a Lion Gules gorged with a Mural Crown or, and on the sinister side a Dragon Gules gorged with a Mural Crown Or<br> ...The lion supporter is again derived from the de Braos arms, while the red dragon shows that the city is in Wales.
  3 KB (541 words) - 13:55, 7 January 2024
• Worms
  ...the 13^th century. The city still sometimes uses the dragon as a supporter.
  4 KB (674 words) - 07:22, 4 January 2024
• Buttstädt
  ...g later centuries showed the small dhield alon, sometimes with an angel as supporter.
  2 KB (338 words) - 05:02, 27 April 2024
• Basel
  ...y chosen as a canting symbol. A basilisk is a combination of a lizard with dragon wings, a rooster's head and an eagle's bill.
  5 KB (916 words) - 07:16, 19 February 2024
• Copeland
  '''Supporters''' : Dexter a Dragon wings elevated and addorsed Argent gorged with a Wreath of Laurel proper si ...uch in the former Whitehaven Borough Council's device; here it stands as a supporter and round its neck is the wreath of laurel which encircles the neck of the
  4 KB (624 words) - 14:32, 30 January 2024
• Poole
  ...: On the dexter a Lion holding a Sword erect proper and on the sinister a Dragon supporting an Oar Argent upon a Compartment per pale a grassy Mound proper ...Poole"), thus wresting itself from manorial control. In the royal arms the dragon is coloured red, but this royal prerogative could not be repeated in the Po
  5 KB (860 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2024
• Darlington
  The dexter supporter is a gold crowned English lion, commemorating the Queen's visit. The sinister supporter is a wyvern, with his neck being
  5 KB (918 words) - 14:38, 30 January 2024
• Society of Antiquaries
  ...ic arcade, the supporters being a Druid and a Saxon, and St George and the dragon, the supporters being sphinxes etc. A few of the designs were even more fan ...ia as on the reverse of halfpennys; for crest an antique lamp; a Druid for Supporter"
  4 KB (635 words) - 15:24, 28 March 2024
• Mechelen
  The dragon crest is probably derived from the arms of the Kingdom of Aragon, which als In 1819 the arms were granted without the supporter, which was added in 1841. In 1986 the crest was replaced by a crown.
  7 KB (1,142 words) - 08:15, 25 February 2024
• Heraldic Glossary - Part 6 : Animals
  ...(wild pigs)]]<br>*[[:Category:Boar heads|Boar heads]]<br>*[[:Category:Boar supporter|Boar supporters]] File:nusatimu.jpg|[[:Category:Komodo lizards|Komodo lizard/dragon]]
  22 KB (2,947 words) - 14:45, 30 March 2024

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