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'''KINGDOM OF SACHSEN''' | '''KINGDOM OF SACHSEN''' | ||
[[File:sachsenk.jpg|center|700 px]] | [[File:sachsenk.jpg|center|700 px]] | ||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
|} | |||
===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|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:sachseno.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{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" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Saxony.hel.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on an Americal tobacco stamp | |align="center"|[[File:Saxony.hel.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on an Americal tobacco stamp | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Saxony.unk3.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a stamp (+/-1910) | |align="center"|[[File:Saxony.unk3.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a stamp (+/-1910) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:saksen.kh.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a Dutch trade card (pre 1910) | |align="center"|[[File:saksen.kh.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a Dutch trade card (pre 1910) | ||
|} | |} | ||
{{de}} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|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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