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Coat of arms of Bulgaria

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1880; greater form with supporters, bearing two national flags, compartment, motto and mantle from 1881 to 1927; middle form with supporters, compartment and motto from 1915 until 1918/20. Besides these there were different variations within these types. This perplexed situation was resolved by a special parliamentary commission, which sat after 1923. In 1927 it legitimated the middle form of the coat of arms, similar to these used as personal coats of arms by Bulgarian monarchs Ferdinand I and his son
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formally, the latter Bulgarian heraldic type as a sign of symbolically independent state was preserved in several European and Balkan collections of coats of arms. Gradually, new and in some cases quite different versions appeared, but the lion remained the most widespread heraldic symbol of Bulgaria
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with five crosses and another cross over the crown. The shield shall be supported by two golden crowned rampant lions, turned towards the shield from the right and left heraldic sides. They shall stand above two crossed oak branches with fruits. Below the shield, over a white band put over the oak
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which preserved the golden lion rampant placed over a non-historically-justifiable oval azure field, but encircled by the ears of wheat, folded by banners, a gear-wheel, a five-pointed red star and some other elements. This composition was derived principally from the pattern of the emblem of the
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The type and the details regarding the state coat of arms were not described clearly and were not standardized by a special Act. Because of this, for several decades they took different forms: lesser form; lesser form without supporters, compartment and motto, but covered with mantle from 1879 to
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For many years, agreement on the design of the coat of arms was a source of great controversy in the Bulgarian government, as different parties argued over the design elements. The final design was legitimized in the Law for the coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria of 4 August 1997:
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and its rulers. In the Illyrian collection of Korenich-Neorich from 1595 the three walking lions, usual for some earlier Western Europe's collections, were replaced by one red lion rampant over golden crowned shield. In the beginning of the 18th century the Croatian heraldist
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Art. 2. (1) The coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be a rampant golden crowned lion on a dark red field with the shape of a shield. Above the shield there shall be a big crown which originally were the crowns of Bulgarian Tsars (i.e. Emperors) of the
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Soviet Union. After the breakdown of the Bulgarian socialist republic in 1989 and several years of fierce partisan disputes, the traditional middle coat of arms from the period 1927–1946 was restored in 1991 with some minor changes.
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The current coat of arms of Bulgaria was adopted in 1997. The current arms are a slightly redesigned version of the coat of arms of Bulgaria from the period 1927–1946. Those arms were based on a similar earlier form, firstly used by
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The crown on top of the shield, and thus upon the shielded lion, according to the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Bulgaria Act, is supposed to be not that of the last
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Art. 1. The coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be a state symbol expressing the independence and the sovereignty of the Bulgarian people and state.
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in two editions of his heraldic collection from 1701 and 1702 reversed the colours of this type and thus the lion became golden and the shield dark red.
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Art. 3. (1) The coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be depicted on the state seal in a way determined by a law for the state seal.
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in the very end of the 14th century. In fact it significantly differs from the crowns known from medieval portraits such as these from the
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Following 1944, new times began for the Bulgarian heraldry. In the communist era, the traditional type of coat of arms was replaced by an
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There is a very popular belief that the three lions represent the three major portions and historical regions of Bulgaria —
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Art. 21. The Bulgarian state coat of arms is a golden crowned lion on a dark red field. Above the field a princely coronet.
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Art. 164. The coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria shall depict a gold lion rampant on a dark gules shield.
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the coat of arms of Zhefarovich was laid in the base of the new state coat of arms, described in the
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branches with a three-colored edge, shall be written with golden letters "Unity makes strength".
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The shield is ensigned with the crown of Bulgarian tsars of the Second Bulgarian state proper
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Shield of a royal warrior from the end of 14th century, anonymous Arabic traveler.
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with version of the coat of arms from the period 1927–1946 on it, c. 1944.
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control in the end of the 12th century, and it was subjugated by the
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by two crowned golden lions rampant; below the shield there is
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Coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1971–1990)
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Coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1968–1971)
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Coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1948–1968)
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Coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1947–1948)
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Coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1947)
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After 1396, when all Bulgarian lands were subjugated by the
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from 1879 with early version of the coat of arms on it.
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Coat of arms of the King of Bulgaria ca 1295 from the
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Coat of arms of the Emperor of Bulgaria, Armorial by
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Coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria (1990–1991)
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Republic of Bulgaria
Shield
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Strength through Unity
Bulgaria
lion rampant
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Unity makes strength
Tsar Ferdinand I
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Communist rule
Constitution of Bulgaria
Second Bulgarian state
Council of Ministers

Tarnovo Constitution

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