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   The site is being moved from the [http://www.ngw.nl/index2.htm old location] to here.<br> Only a small part (14.500 out of over 50.000 pages) of files has been transferred as yet ! <br/>So please visit the [http://www.ngw.nl/index2.htm old site] if you can not find what you are looking for or when you see a red link below !
   The site is being moved from the [http://www.ngw.nl/index2.htm old location] to here.<br> Only a small part (14.500 out of over 50.000 pages) of files has been transferred as yet ! <br/> You will be automatically redirected between the old and new site to where the file is located !


Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted mainly to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry.  
Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted mainly to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry.  
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bel/belgie.htm Belgium]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bel/belgie.htm Belgium]
**[[Ruanda-Urundi]]
**[[Ruanda-Urundi]]
*[[Belize]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cam/belize.htm Belize]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/benin.htm Benin]  
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/benin.htm Benin]  
*[[Bhutan]]
*[[Bhutan]]
*[[Bolivia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bol/bolivia.htm Bolivia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bos/bosnia.htm Bosnia-Herzegovina]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bos/bosnia.htm Bosnia-Herzegovina]
*[[Botswana]]
*[[Botswana]]
*[[Brasil]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bra/brasil.htm Brasil]
*[[Brunei]]
*[[Brunei]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bul/bulgaria.htm Bulgaria]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bul/bulgaria.htm Bulgaria]
*[[Burkina Faso]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/burkina.htm Burkina Faso]  
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/burkina.htm Burkina Faso]  
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/burundi.htm Burundi]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/burundi.htm Burundi]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/cambodia.htm Cambodia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/cambodia.htm Cambodia]
*[[Cameroon]]
*[[Cameroon]]
*[[Canada]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/can/canada.htm Canada]
*[[Cape Verde]]
*[[Cape Verde]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/centafr.htm Central African Republic]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/centafr.htm Central African Republic]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/chad.htm Chad]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/chad.htm Chad]
*[[Chile]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/chi/chile.htm Chile]
*[[China]]
*[[China]]
**[[Hong Kong]]
**[[Hong Kong]]
**[[Macau]]
**[[Macau]]
*[[Colombia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/col/colombia.htm Colombia]
*[[Comoros]]
*[[Comoros]]
*[[Congo (Brazzaville)]]
*[[Congo (Brazzaville)]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/zaire.htm Congo (former Zaire)]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/zaire.htm Congo (former Zaire)]
*[[Cook Islands]]
*[[Cook Islands]]
*[[Costa Rica]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cam/costaric.htm Costa Rica]  
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cro/croatia.htm Croatia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cro/croatia.htm Croatia]
*[[Cuba]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/cuba.htm Cuba]
*[[Curaçao]]
*[[Curaçao]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/cyprus.htm Cyprus]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/cyprus.htm Cyprus]
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**[[Greenland]]
**[[Greenland]]
*[[Djibouti]]
*[[Djibouti]]
*[[Dominica]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/dominica.htm Dominica]
*[[Dominican Republic]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/domirep.htm Dominican Reublic]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/easttimor.htm East Timor]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/easttimor.htm East Timor]
*[[Ecuador]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ecu/ecuador.htm Ecuador]
*[[Egypt]]
*[[Egypt]]
*[[El Salvador]]
*[[El Salvador]]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guibis.htm Guinea Bissau]         
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guibis.htm Guinea Bissau]         
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guinee.htm Guinee]  
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guinee.htm Guinee]  
*[[Guyana]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zam/guyana.htm Guyana]
*[[Haiti]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/haiti.htm Haiti]
*[[Honduras]]
*[[Honduras]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/hon/hungary.htm Hungary]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/hon/hungary.htm Hungary]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/italy.htm Italy]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/italy.htm Italy]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/ivory.htm Ivory Coast]   
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/ivory.htm Ivory Coast]   
*[[Jamaica]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/jamaica.htm Jamaica]
*[[Japan]]
*[[Japan]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/jordan.htm Jordan]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/jordan.htm Jordan]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/kenya.htm Kenya]  
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/kenya.htm Kenya]  
*[[Kiribati]]
*[[Kiribati]]
*[[Kuwait]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/kuwait.htm Kuwait]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/kyrgyzstan.htm Kyrgyzstan]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/kyrgyzstan.htm Kyrgyzstan]
*[[Laos]]
*[[Laos]]
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*[[Mauritania]]
*[[Mauritania]]
*[[Mauritius]]
*[[Mauritius]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/mex/mexico.htm Mexico]*[[Micronesia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/mex/mexico.htm Mexico]
*[[Micronesia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/md/moldova.htm Moldova]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/md/moldova.htm Moldova]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/monaco.htm Monaco]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/monaco.htm Monaco]
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*[[New Zealand]]
*[[New Zealand]]
**[[Tokelau]]
**[[Tokelau]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cam/nicaragu.htm Nicaragua] *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/niger.htm Niger]     
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cam/nicaragu.htm Nicaragua]  
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/niger.htm Niger]     
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/nigeria.htm Nigeria]     
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/nigeria.htm Nigeria]     
*[[Niue]]
*[[Niue]]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/tajikistan.htm Tajikistan]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/tajikistan.htm Tajikistan]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/tanzania.htm Tanzania]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/tanzania.htm Tanzania]
*[[Thailand]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/thailand.htm Thailand]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/togo.htm Togo]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/togo.htm Togo]
*[[Tonga]]
*[[Tonga]]
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**[[Guam]]
**[[Guam]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/uru/uruguay.htm Uruguay]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/uru/uruguay.htm Uruguay]
*[[Uzbekistan]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/uzbek.htm Uzbekistan]
*[[Vanuatu]]
*[[Vanuatu]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/vaticanc.htm Vatican City]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/vaticanc.htm Vatican City]

Revision as of 14:53, 27 January 2012



 The site is being moved from the old location to here.
Only a small part (14.500 out of over 50.000 pages) of files has been transferred as yet !
You will be automatically redirected between the old and new site to where the file is located !

Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted mainly to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry. The site was created on January 2009 by amalgamation of my two sites; International Civic Arms (since 1996) and Heraldryshop.biz (since 2004).

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The site International Civic Arms was created in 1996 as Nederlandse Gemeentewapens (Dutch civic arms, hence the domain name www.ngw.nl) and went global in 1999. Ever since it has been the largest collection of civic coats of arms ever published. With the exception of a break during 2006-7, it has been growing steadily every month. See here for more history.

From Summer 2010 the old site is gradually changed into a wiki-like environment, this is an ongoing process.

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Although as much information on the arms as possible will be included, like pictures, meaning and history, often there is just a picture, not a description of the arms, nor a history. Any additional information thus is welcome ! All information is taken from public sources (books, internet) and the sources are always mentioned and credited. Most pictures are scans from books, with the exception of the Dutch civic arms, where all the pictures are made by myself.

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Arms of countries, areas or provinces that do not exist anymore, are placed under the country in which the area is situated at this moment. For example, cities, which were granted arms during the Russian Empire, are now under the individual countries. Similarly, towns in the former German provinces of Prussia and Posen are placed under Poland, the South African Colonies and Homelands are under South Africa and Dutch East Indies are under Indonesia.

Present and former colonies and (semi-independent) overseas territories that do not form a single present country are listed under the parent country, except for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is listed separately.

Countries

For arms of non-existing or phantasy states see Micro-Nations


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