Of Recognised Countries
| Country | Coat of Arms | Description or Blazon (main charge only) | Text | Main article |
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| Albania | Gules, a two-headed eagle Sable; in chief the helmet of Skanderbeg Or | None | Coat of arms of Albania | |
| Andorra | Quarterly: I Gules, a bishop's mitre Or lined Argent (for La Seu d'Urgell); II Or, three pales Gules (for Foix); III Or, four pallets Gules (for Catalonia); IV Or, two cows passant per pale Gules (for Béarn) | Virtus unita fortior | Coat of arms of Andorra | |
| Armenia | Four symbols of Armenian dynasties (Artashesian, Arshakunian, Bagratuni, and Rubinian); In the center of a shield is a depiction of Mount Ararat with Noah's Ark sitting atop it | None | Coat of arms of Armenia | |
| Austria | Gules a fess Argent, escutcheon on the breast of an eagle displayed Sable, langued Gules, beaked Or, crowned with a mural crown of three visible merlons Or, armed Or, dexter talon holding sickle, sinister talon holding hammer, both talons shackled with chain broken Argent. | None | Coat of arms of Austria | |
| Azerbaijan | Caligraphic representation of the name Allah in the form of an Eternal Flame | None | Emblem of Azerbaijan | |
| Belarus | Globe, rising sun and an outline of Belarus in green | Рэспубліка Беларусь | Emblem of Belarus | |
| Belgium | Sable, a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules | L'union fait la force | Eendracht maakt macht
Strength lies in unity |
Coat of arms of Belgium | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Per bend enhanced Or and azure, a bend of mullets palewise argent | None | Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Bulgaria | Gules, a lion rampant Or | Съединението прави силата | Coat of arms of Bulgaria | |
| Croatia | Chequy gules and argent | None | Coat of arms of Croatia | |
| Czech Republic | Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a lion rampant queue fourché in saltire argent armed, langued and crowned or (for Bohemia); 2 Azure, an eagle Chequy gules and argent armed, beaked, langued and crowned or (for Moravia); 3 Or, an eagle Sable charged with a crescent trefly Argent ending in crosses armed, beaked and langued gules crowned or (for Silesia) | None | Coat of arms of the Czech Republic | |
| Cyprus | Or (specified to be copper-yellow), a dove rising proper, in its beak argent an olive branch proper vert | 1960. Year of declaration of independence. | Coat of arms of Cyprus | |
| Denmark | Or, three lions passant in pale Azure crowned and armed Or langued Gules, nine hearts Gules | None. Each monarch chooses a personal motto. | Coat of arms of Denmark | |
| Estonia | Or, three lions passant guardant azure | None | Coat of arms of Estonia | |
| Finland | Gules, a crowned lion rampant Or striking a sword Argent on armoured dexter arm, trampling on a sabre Argent; surmounted by nine roses Argent. | None | Coat of arms of Finland | |
| France | A shield at the corners of the head of a lion and an eagle with the monogram RF, standing for République française. A shield is placed on a fasces with crossed laurel branch and an oak branch, all Or. | RF (République française) | Emblem of France | |
| Georgia | Gules, with an image of Saint George, riding a horse trampling upon a crawling dragon, whose head is pierced by the saint's spear, all of them Argent | ძალა ერთობაშია | Coat of arms of Georgia | |
| Germany | Or, an eagle sable, armed, beaked and langued gules | None | Coat of arms of Germany | |
| Greece | Azure, a Cross Argent | None | National emblem of Greece | |
| Hungary | Per pale: 1 barry of eight Gules and Argent; 2 Gules, on a mount Vert a crown Or, issuant therefrom a double cross Argent | None | Coat of arms of Hungary | |
| Iceland | Azure, a cross gules fimbriated argent | None | Coat of arms of Iceland | |
| Ireland | Azure, a harp Or stringed argent | None | Coat of arms of Ireland | |
| Italy | Stella d’Italia atop a Cogwheel | Repubblica Italiana | Emblem of Italy | |
| Latvia | At left: A red lion rampant sinister against a silver background (for Kurzeme and Zemgale); At right: A silver griffon rampant with a silver sword in its right paw against a red background (for Vidzeme and Latgale); At top: A golden rising sun against a blue background. | None | Coat of arms of Latvia | |
| Liechtenstein | Quarterly: 1 Or, an Eagle displayed Sable crowned and armed or, charged with a crescent trefly Argent ending in crosses (for Silesia); 2 Barry of eight Or and Sable charged with crancelin Vert (for the Kuenring family of Saxony); 3 Per pale Gules and Argent (for the Duchy of Troppau); (4) Or, a maiden eagle displayed Sable the human part Argent crowned and armed or (for the Cirksena family of East Frisia). In base: Azure, a Hunting Horn stringed Or (for the Duchy of Jägerndorf). An Escutcheon per fess Or and Gules. | None | Coat of arms of Liechtenstein | |
| Lithuania | Gules, an armoured knight armed cap-à-pie mounted on a horse salient holding in his dexter hand a sword Argent above his head. A shield Azure hangs on the sinister shoulder charged with a double cross (Cross of Lorraine) Or. The horse saddles, straps, and belts Azure. The hilt of the sword and the fastening of the sheath, the stirrups, the curb bits of the bridle, the horseshoes, as well as the decoration of the harness, all Or. | None | Coat of arms of Lithuania | |
| Luxembourg | Barry of ten Argent and Azure, a lion rampant queue fourché in Saltire (with tail forked and crossed) Gules crowned, armed and langued or. | None | Coat of arms of Luxembourg | |
| Macedonia | Two curved garlands of sheaves of wheat, tobacco leaves and opium poppy fruits, tied by a ribbon decorated with embroidery of traditional Macedonian folk motifs. In the centre a mountain, a lake and a sunrise. | None | Emblem of Macedonia | |
| Malta | Per pale Argent and Gules, a representation of George Cross Argent fimbriated Gules in Dexter Chief | Repubblika ta' Malta | Coat of arms of Malta | |
| Moldova | Party per fess, Gules and Azure; an aurochs, an eight-pointed star, a rose, and a crescent moon, all or. | None | Coat of arms of Moldova | |
| Monaco | Fusily (lozengy) argent and gules | Deo Juvante | Coat of arms of Monaco | |
| Montenegro | Azure, a base Vert, a lion passant Or armed and langued Gules; a bordure Or. | None | Coat of arms of Montenegro | |
| Netherlands | Azure, billetty Or, a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. | Je Maintiendrai | Coat of arms of the Netherlands | |
| Norway | Gules, a lion rampant or, crowned and bearing an axe with blade argent | None | Coat of arms of Norway | |
| Poland | Gules, an eagle argent armed, crowned and beaked or, langued argent | None | Coat of arms of Poland | |
| Portugal | Argent, five Escutcheons Azure, each charged with five Bezants Or, crosswise; a bordure Gules charged with seven Castles Or, all surmounting an armillary sphere Or. | None | Coat of arms of Portugal | |
| Romania | Quarterly: 1 Azure, an Eagle displayed Or, beaked and taloned Gules, holding in its beak an Orthodox cross Or, between in dexter chief a Sun in splendour and in sinister chief an Increscent, both Or (for Wallachia); 2 a Bull's head caboshed Argent, between in dexter base a Rose and in sinister base a decrescent, both Argent, between the Bull's horns, a Mullet of five points Or (for Moldavia); 3 Gules, issuant from water in base proper, a Lion rampant Or, holding in its dexter paw a Sabre Argent, hilted Or, behind a Bridge of two arches embattled Or, masoned Sable (for Oltenia) and (Banat); 4 Per fess Azure, a Demi-Eagle Argent between in dexter chief a Sun in splendour Or and in sinister chief a Decrescent Argent; and Or, seven Castles Gules, a Barrulet Gules (for Transylvania); Entree en point, two Dolphins urinant respectant Or (for Dobrogea) | None | Coat of arms of Romania | |
| Russia | Gules, a two-headed eagle each head imperially crowned holding in its dexter talon a sceptre and in its sinister talon a globus cruciger and ensigned with an imperial crown all Or. An Inescutcheon Gules, a representation of Saint George upon horseback argent slaying a dragon Or. | None | Coat of arms of Russia | |
| San Marino | Azure on three mountain tops vert three towers argent masoned and windowed sable each weather vaned with an ostrich plume argent. | Libertas | Coat of arms of San Marino | |
| Serbia | Gules, a two-headed eagle Argent armed Or, two fleurs-de-lys Or. Overall an escutcheon Gules, a cross Argent between four firesteels Argent. | None | Coat of arms of Serbia | |
| Slovakia | Gules, on a mount Azure, issuant therefrom a double cross Argent | None | Coat of arms of Slovakia | |
| Slovenia | A representation of Mount Triglav in white on a blue background, with two blue bending lines below and three gold stars above. | None | Coat of arms of Slovenia | |
| Spain | Quarterly: 1 Gules, a three towered castle Or, masoned sable and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 Argent, a lion rampant purpure (for León); 3 Or, four pallets gules (for Aragon); 4 Gules, a cross, saltire and orle of chains linked together Or, a centre point vert (for Navarre); En point: Argent, a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves vert (for Granada); Inescutcheon: Azure bordure gules, three fleur-de-lis Or (for the House of Bourbon). | Plus Ultra | Coat of arms of Spain | |
| Sweden | Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, three coronets Or, placed two above one (the Three Crowns); 2 and 3 Three sinisterbendwise streams argent, a lion crowned with an open crown Or armed gules (for the House of Bjelbo). Inescutcheon party per pale Bendwise azure, argent and gules, a vasa Or (for the House of Vasa); and Azure, issuant from a wavy base a bridge with three arches and two towers embattled argent, in honor point an eagle regardant with wings inverted resting on thunderbolts Or, and in chief the Big Dipper constellation of the same (for the House of Bernadotte). | None | Coat of arms of Sweden | |
| Switzerland | Gules, a Cross couped Argent | None | Coat of arms of Switzerland | |
| Turkey | None | None | None | Coat of arms of Turkey |
| Ukraine | Azure, a Tryzub (trident) Or | None | Coat of arms of Ukraine | |
| United Kingdom — as used in England, Northern Ireland and Wales | Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure (for England); 2 Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the second (for Scotland); 3 Azure, a harp Or stringed argent (for Ireland). | Dieu et mon droit
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Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom | |
| United Kingdom — as used in Scotland | Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the second (for Scotland); 2 Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure (for England); 3 Azure, a harp Or stringed argent (for Ireland). | In Defens
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Royal coat of arms of Scotland | |
| Vatican City | Gules, two keys in saltire or and argent, interlaced in the rings gules, beneath a tiara argent, crowned or" | None | Coat of arms of the State of Vatican City |
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