Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia

Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia
Versions
The CoA of communist Czechoslovakia (1961-1989)
The small CoA (1918-1939); CoA of post-war Czechoslovakia (1945-1961)
Details
Adopted	1918 1961 1990

Several coats of arms were used during Czechoslovakia’s history, some alongside each other.

The First Republic (1918-1938) and post-war (1945-1961)

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  The small CoA (1918-1939); CoA of post-war Czechoslovakia (1945-1961)

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  The medium CoA (1918-1939)

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  The large CoA (1918-1939)

Occupied Czechoslovakia (1938-1945)

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  The small CoA of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia,

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  The large CoA of the Protectorate.

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  The CoA of the World War II Slovak state.

After 1961

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  The CoA of communist Czechoslovakia (1961-1989)

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  The CoA of post-Velvet Revolution Czechoslovakia (1990-1992)

Post-Czechoslovakian coats of arms

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  Coat of arms of the Czech Republic. In the upper dexter quarter is the lion of Bohemia, in the upper sinister the Moravian chequered eagle, in the lower dexter the black Silesian eagle, and in the lower sinister a Bohemian lion again.

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  Coat of arms of Slovakia, a double-cross elevated on the middle peak of a dark blue mountain consisting of three peaks.

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  The coat of arms of Carpathian Ruthenia, a territory of Ukraine (annexed by the USSR from Czechoslovakia after WWII). Adopted on 30 March 1920 by an act of the Czechoslovakian parliament, used to this day.

References

• Vexilolognet.cz - History of the symbols of Czechoslovakia
• Vlastenci.cz
• (English) Senate:The Czech national emblem