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The small Imperial-Royal coat of arms of the Austrian Empire consisted of the coat of arms of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine surrounded by the collar of the Austrian branch of the Order of the Golden Fleece and borne on the breast of a black double-headed Imperial eagle. The eagle held a sword and sceptre in its dexter (left from the viewer's perspective) talon and a globus cruciger in its sinister (right from the viewer's perspective) talon. On both its heads it wore a royal crown and above it was placed the Imperial Crown of Austria. Some versions of the small arms also featured the the collars of the Order of Leopold, the Order of St. Stephen and the Military Order of Maria Theresa.[1]
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Imperial-Royal coat of arms of the Austrian Empire | |
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Versions | |
Armiger | Austrian Empire |
Adopted | 1815 |
Shield | Tierced per pale: in first or, a lion rampant gules armed, langued and crowned azure (House of Habsburg); in second gules, a fess argent (Coat of arms of Austria); in third or a bend gules three alerions argent. (House of Lorraine) |
Supporters | An imperial double-headed eagle displayed sable, beaked and taloned or, langued gules, doubly royally crowned, holding in its dexter talon a sceptre and sword, both proper and in its sinister talon a globus cruciger proper. Above all the Imperial Crown of Austria with lappets issuant and pendent therefrom. |
Order(s) | Order of the Golden Fleece, Austrian Branch
Medium and greater arms and some versions of the small arms also include:[1] |
Earlier version(s) | Main: Reichsadler of the Holy Roman Empire
1806-1815: as the 1815 arms but with the cross of the Teutonic Order behind the escutcheon[1] |
The middle coat of arms also added the coats of arms of the various crown lands topped with their respective crowns/coronets, which were placed around the main escutcheon/collars. The middle arms featured all of the order collars.[1]
After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 the Imperial-Royal became the common (Imperial and Royal) arms of Austria-Hungary.