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[[File:sachsenk.jpg|center|700 px]] | [[File:sachsenk.jpg|center|700 px]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
*(de) | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The Kingdom of Sachsen was a Kingdom in the German Empire and existed from 1806-1918. It was succeeded by the Freistaat (Free State) of [[Sachsen]]. | The Kingdom of Sachsen was a Kingdom in the German Empire and existed from 1806-1918. It was succeeded by the Freistaat (Free State) of [[Sachsen]]. | ||
The Kingdom used two arms, the small arms, shown below, and the large arms, shown above. | The Kingdom used two arms, the small arms, shown below, and the large arms, shown above. | ||
[[File:sachseno.jpg|center]] | [[File:sachseno.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The small arms show the historical arms of [[Sachsen]]. | The small arms show the historical arms of [[Sachsen]]. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Saxony.hel.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on an Americal tobacco stamp | |align="center"|[[File:Saxony.hel.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on an Americal tobacco stamp | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Saxony.unk3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a stamp (+/-1910) | |align="center"|[[File:Saxony.unk3.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a stamp (+/-1910) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:saksen.kh.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a Dutch trade card (pre 1910) | |align="center"|[[File:saksen.kh.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a Dutch trade card (pre 1910) | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Ströhl, 1897; Schurdel, 1995 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Ströhl, 1897; Schurdel, 1995 | ||
[[Category:German States]] | [[Category:German States]] | ||
[[Category:Sachsen]] | [[Category:Sachsen]] |
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