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Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the style used by Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI (as used only in Scotland).


Quarterly, First and Fourth Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Second quarter Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Order of the Thistle; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, a lion sejant affrontée Gules, imperially crowned Or, holding in the dexter paw a sword and in the sinister paw a scepter both erect and Proper, motto ‘In defens’; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a unicorn Argent armed, crined, unguled and crowned Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Azure, a saltire Argent (Cross of Saint Andrew); sinister a lion rampant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Argent, a cross Gules (Cross of Saint George); Motto 'Nemo me impune lacessit' in the compartment below the shield, with the thistle.
  • PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.
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Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom in Scotland

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