File:Royal Coat of Arms of Greece (1863-1936).svg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file ‎(SVG file, nominally 1,050 × 1,235 pixels, file size: 4.13 MB)

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

Description

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece from 1863- 1936

Royal Coat of Arms of Greece under the Glücksburg dynasty, created in 1863 for the new Glücksburg monarchy of Greece under King George I (Prince William of Denmark), used until 1924 when the King George II was exiled, until 1936 when the arms was replaced by a New version.
The Escutcheon features the white cross couped on a light blue field of Greece. The Inescutcheon features the simplified Arms of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. The shield is then topped with a golden Royal Crown.

It features an escutcheon divided by the red and white cross of the Order of the Danneborg, the first quarter features the arms of Denmark (three crowned blue lions and nine hearts in yellow field). The second of Schleswig (two blue lions passant in yellow field). The third of Holstein (a silver nettle leaf). The fourth of Lauenburg (a golden horse's head). Upon it is an inescutcheon divided into two, the first features the red and yellow bars of Oldenburg, the second a golden cross on a blue field of Delmenhorst.

The escutcheon rests on a golden pedestal and supported by two human figures representing the Greek mythological hero Herakles (Hercules), holding a wooden club and wearing the skin of the Nemean lion.
The escutcheon is surrounded by the ribbon and cross of the Order of the Redeemer, the cross depicts Christ Pantocrator, surrounded by the order's motto:"Η ΔΕΞΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΧΕΙΡ, ΚΥΡΙΕ, ΔΕΔΟΞΑΣΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΙΣΧΥΙ" or "Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power" from Genesis, 15:6.
The motto of the Coat of arms and of the dynasty, depicted on a golden ribbon below the pedestal reads: "Ἰσχύς μου ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ λαοῦ" or "The people's love, my strength"
The coat of arms is then surrounded by a dark blue mantle and topped with another royal crown.

Date

14 March 2010

Source

Own work; Based on: Royal House of Greece: Greek Royal Heraldry 1863-1967

Author

Sodacan

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.

You are free:

to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work

Under the following conditions:

attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

You may select the license of your choice.

Other versions

Similar versions

Simple version
Escutcheon and Crown

Hugo Gerard Ströhl: Heraldischer Atlas, Stuttgart 1899.
Standard of King George I of Greece

Historical

1936-1967
Plain blue cross without the inescutcheon.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:25, 14 March 2010	1,050 × 1,235 (4.13 MB)	Sodacan	layering
	05:46, 14 March 2010	1,050 × 1,235 (4.13 MB)	Sodacan	confusion
	05:44, 14 March 2010	1,050 × 1,235 (4.55 MB)	Sodacan	mantle details
	02:47, 14 March 2010	1,050 × 1,235 (4.09 MB)	Sodacan	motto
	01:32, 14 March 2010	1,050 × 1,235 (4.09 MB)	Sodacan	{{Information \|Description=Royal Coat of Arms of Greece from 1863- 1936 \|Source={{own}}; Based on: [http://www.royalhouseofgreece.gr/Gr_Royal_Heraldry.pdf Royal House of Greece: Greek Royal Heraldry 1863-1967] \|Date=2010-03-14 \|Author= [[User:Sodacan\|Soda