| Coat of arms of Saxony | |
|---|---|
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| Armiger | Free State of Saxony |
| Adopted | 1990 |
| Shield | Barry of ten sable and or, a crancelin vert |
The coat of arms of the present-day German free state of Saxony shows a tenfold horizontally-partitioned (Barry of ten) field of black (sable) and gold/yellow (or) stripes,[1] charged with a green (vert) crancelin (a stylized common rue) running from the viewer's top-left to bottom-right (in bend). Although the crancelin is sometimes shown bent (embowed) like a crown, this is due to artistic license.[2] The coat of arms is also displayed on the state flag of Saxony.[2]
The Coat of Arms of Liechtenstein includes the similar arms of the Kuenring family. It has no connection to the arms of Saxony.
- ^ Freistaat Sachsen official website Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Accessed 2009-05-19.
- ^ a b Saxony (Germany) at Flags of the World