Coat o airms o the Netherlands

The Greater Coat o Airms o the Realm, (or "Groot Rijkswapen"), is the personal coat o airms o the monarch o the Netherlands (currently King Willem-Alexander). The govrenment o the Netherlands uises a smawer version athoot the mantle (cloak) or the pavilion or whiles even anerlie uises the shield an croun. The components o the coats o airms wur regulatit bi Queen Wilhelmina in a Ryal decree o 10 Julie 1907 an wur affirmed bi Queen Juliana in a Ryal decree o 23 Aprile 1980. (For the maist uised version o the airms see the wabsteid o the Dutch Royal House Archived 2008-07-01 at the Wayback Machine)

Description

The blazon is follows:

Azure, billetty Or a lion wi a coronet Or airmed an langued Gules hauldin in his dexter paw a swuird Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seiven arraes Argent pointit an bund thegither Or. The shield is crouned wi the (Dutch) ryal croun an supportit bi twa lions Or airmed an langued gules. Thay staund on a scroll Azure wi the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (medieval French for "A will maintain".)

The monarch places this coat o airms on a mantle gules lined wi Ermine. Abuin the mantle is a pavilion gules again topped wi the ryal croun.

In the Ryal decree it is statit that the male successors can replace the croun on the shield bi a helm wi the crest o Nassau.

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