Coat of arms of Silesia
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The coat of arms of Lower Silesia, and simultaneously of Silesia, shows a black eagle with silver crescent with cross in the middle on its chest (the emblem of Silesian Duke Henry the Bearded, Polish: Zgorzelec) on a golden background. It has been assumed in the tradition that the coat of arms and colors of Lower Silesia are simultaneously used as symbols of Silesia as a whole.[1]
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Coat of arms of Silesia and Lower Silesia | |
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Armiger | Lower Silesia |
Adopted | 1224 |
Shield | Or, an eagle displayed Sable armed with a crescent treflée, issuing from the middle thereof a cross pattée Argent |
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Coat of arms of Upper Silesia | |
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Armiger | Upper Silesia |
Adopted | 1222 |
Shield | Azure, an eagle displayed Or |
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The coat of arms of Upper Silesia shows a golden eagle on a blue background.[1]
In the Polish heraldry, the Silesian eagle is usually not crowned (with the exception of Cieszyn Silesia), in the Czech and German it is usually the opposite.