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{{About|the heraldic emblem of France|the diplomatic emblem|Diplomatic emblem of France|other national symbols|National symbols of France|the [[Charge (heraldry)|heraldic charge]] traditionally depicted on the national and royal arms|Fleur-de-lis}}
{{short description|Unofficial emblem of France}}
{{Infobox coat of arms
|name = Unofficial coat of arms of France
|image = Arms of the French Republic.svg
|image_width = 152
|earlier_versions = See ''[[#History|history]]''
|caption = 
|image2 = Coat of arms of the French Republic.svg
|image2_width = 196
|image2_caption = [[Achievement (heraldry)|Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hubert-herald.nl/FranFrance.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705170148/http://www.hubert-herald.nl/FranFrance.htm |archive-date=2018-07-05 |title=FranFrance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.max-gueguen.com/reception-demmanuel-macron-a-lhotel-de-ville-de-paris/|title = Réception d'Emmanuel Macron à l'Hôtel de ville de Paris|date = 18 May 2017|access-date = 25 February 2019|archive-date = 22 March 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190322070543/https://www.max-gueguen.com/reception-demmanuel-macron-a-lhotel-de-ville-de-paris/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|armiger= [[France|French Republic]]
|year_adopted= {{start date and age|1905}}<ref name=elysee>{{cite web |url=http://www.elysee.fr/la-presidence/le-faisceau-de-licteur/ |title=Les symboles de la République française |work=Site de la présidence de la République|date=21 October 2015 }}</ref>
|crest=[[Wreath]]
|torse=
|shield= Azure, a [[lictor]]'s [[fasces]] palewise upon two branches, of oak and of laurel, crossed in saltire, all or, surmounted by a ribbon of the same charged with the motto in letters sable: "{{Lang|fr|[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité|LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ]]}}"
|supporters=
|compartment=
|orders= Star and grand [[Collar (order)|collar]] of the [[Legion of Honour]]<br />(current version since 1953)
|other_elements=
}}

The '''coat of arms of [[France]]''' depicts a [[lictor]]'s [[fasces]] upon branches of laurel and oak, as well as a ribbon bearing the national motto of {{Lang|fr|[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]}}. The full [[Achievement (heraldry)|achievement]] includes the star and grand collar of the [[Legion of Honour]]. This composition was created in 1905 (during the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]]) by heraldic [[Peintre-graveur|painter-engraver]] [[Maurice de Meyère]],<ref> https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4657709x/f1.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20posé%20en%20pal%22.zoom</ref> and has been used at the [[Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)|Foreign Ministry]] during state visits and for presidential inaugurations.

The country is traditionally associated with the [[Fleur-de-lis|fleurs-de-lis]] design, which came into use by [[Kingdom of France|French kings]] in [[High Middle Ages]]. This design still represents France and the [[House of Bourbon]] in the form of [[Heraldry#Marshalling|marshalling]] in e.g. the arms of [[Coat of arms of Spain|Spain]], [[Coat of arms of Quebec|Quebec]] and [[Coat of arms of Canada|Canada]]. The fleur-de-lis was also the symbol of [[Île-de-France]], the core of the French kingdom.

The only national symbol specified in the [[Constitution of France|present constitution]] is the [[Flag of France|tricolour flag]], i.e. in Article 2.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=II |polity=France |date=1958 }}</ref>

==Devices==
The [[blazon]]ing is:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/fr).html#sym|title = France: Symbols of the Republic}}</ref>
{{Quote|Azure, a [[lictor]]'s [[fasces]] palewise upon two branches, of oak and of laurel, crossed in saltire, all or, surmounted by a ribbon of the same charged with the motto in letters sable: "{{Lang|fr|[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité|LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ]]}}". The shield is surrounded by the Grand Collar of the Order of the Legion of Honor proper, the cross suspended from it in base.}}

===Coat of arms: charges===
====Motto====
{{Further|Liberté, égalité, fraternité}}
{{Lang|fr|Liberté, égalité, fraternité}} ({{IPA-fr|libɛʁte eɡalite fʁatɛʁnite|pronunciation}}; "[[liberty]], [[Social equality|equality]], [[Fraternity (philosophy)|fraternity]]",<ref name="FrEmb">{{cite web |title=Liberty, Égalité, Fraternité |publisher=Embassy of France in the US |access-date=18 September 2014 |url=http://www.ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?article620 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018141249/http://www.ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?article620 |archive-date=18 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is the [[national motto]] of [[France]], and is an example of a [[tripartite motto]]. Although it finds its origins in the [[French Revolution]], it was then only one motto among others and was not institutionalized until the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]] at the end of the 19th century.<ref name=Ozouf>{{Citation |first=Mona |last=Ozouf |author-link=Mona Ozouf |contribution=Liberté, égalité, fraternité stands for peace country and war |title=Lieux de Mémoire |trans-title=Places of memory |editor-first=Pierre |editor-last=Nora |editor-link=Pierre Nora |volume=tome III |publisher=Quarto Gallimard |year=1997 |pages=4353–89 |language=fr}} (abridged translation, ''Realms of Memory'', Columbia University Press, 1996–98).</ref>

====Fasces====
{{Further|Fasces#France|Symbolism in the French Revolution#Fasces}}
[[Fasces]] are a bundle of birch rods containing a sacrificial axe. In Roman times, the fasces symbolized the power of magistrates, representing union and accord with the Roman Republic. French architects began to use the Roman fasces (''faisceaux romains'') as a decorative device during the reign of [[Louis XIII]] (1610–1643),<ref>''Les Grands Palais de France : Fontainebleau'', I re Série, Styles Louis XV, Louis XVI, Empire, Labrairie Centrale D'Art Et D'Architecture, Ancienne Maison Morel, Ch. Eggimann, Succ, 106, Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris, 1910</ref><ref>''Les Grands Palais de France : Fontainebleau '', II me Série, Les Appartments D'Anne D'Autriche, De François I er, Et D'Elenonre La Chapelle, Labrairie Centrale D'Art Et D'Architecture, Ancienne Maison Morel, Ch. Eggimann, Succ, 106, Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris, 1912</ref> and the imagery of the [[French Revolution]] used references to the ancient [[Roman Republic]] to an even greater extent. During the [[French First Republic|First Republic]], topped by the [[Phrygian cap]], the fasces is a tribute to the Roman Republic and means that power belongs to the people. It also symbolizes the "unity and indivisibility of the Republic",<ref name="elysee1">{{cite web | url=https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-lictor-s-fasces | title=The lictor's fasces | date=20 November 2012 }}</ref> as stated in the [[French Constitution]].

====Branches====
{{Further|Oak#National symbol|Laurel wreath#As used in heraldry}}
*The [[oak]] is France's [[national tree]], and a common [[symbol]] of [[Virtue|strength]] and [[endurance]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Oak as a Symbol|url=http://www.venablesoak.co.uk/about-oak/oak-as-a-symbol-2/|work=Venables Oak|access-date=26 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505014026/http://www.venablesoak.co.uk/about-oak/oak-as-a-symbol-2/|archive-date=5 May 2013}}</ref>
*A [[bay laurel]] ({{Lang|la|Laurus nobilis}}) branch, an aromatic broadleaf evergreen, or later from spineless butcher's broom (''[[Ruscus hypoglossum]]'') or cherry laurel (''[[Prunus laurocerasus]]''). It is a [[symbol]] of triumph, which traces back to [[Greek mythology]]. [[Apollo]] is represented wearing a laurel wreath on his head, and wreaths were awarded to victors in athletic competitions, including the ancient [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympics]] — for which they were made of wild olive-tree known as ''"[[kotinos]]"'' ({{Lang|grc|κότινος}}),<ref name="LSJ">{{Cite book |last1=Liddell |first1=Henry George |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dko%2Ftinos |title=A Greek-English Lexicon |last2=Scott |first2=Robert |date=1843 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-864226-8 |edition=1 |location=Oxford |quote=κότι^νος |author-link=Henry Liddell |access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref> (sc. at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]])—and in poetic meets. In [[ancient Rome|Rome]] they were symbols of martial victory, crowning a successful commander during his [[Roman triumph|triumph]].

===External devices===
*Star and grand collar of the [[Legion of Honour]], which is the highest French [[order of merit]] for [[military]] and civil merits, established in 1802 by [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] and retained by all later French governments and régimes. The [[Achievement (heraldry)|achievement]] includes the order's grand collar, which is worn only by the [[President of France|President]], as Grand Master of the order.

==History==
===Background===
====13th century&nbsp;– 1870: Arms of dominion&nbsp;/ French revolution====
{{Further|French heraldry|Fleur-de-lis#France|Flag of France#History|Symbolism in the French Revolution}}
French kings and emperors had personal [[arms of dominion]], which by extension also represented France. The ''[[fleur-de-lis]]'' was used by French kings since the Middle Ages, which were followed by the [[French Imperial Eagle|Napoleonic eagle]] designs after the [[French Revolution]]. The [[fleur-de-lis]] is still popular, and used by overseas people of French heritage, like the [[Acadians]], [[French-speaking Quebecer|Québécois]] or [[Cajun]]s. The Napoleonic eagle is also used by [[House of Bernadotte|Swedish royal house]].

{| class= wikitable
! Period
! width="10%"| Dates used
! width="20%"| [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|Coat of arms]]
! width="20%"| [[Achievement (heraldry)|Achievement]]
! width="20%"| [[Banner of arms]]
! width="70%"| Description and blazon
|-
| rowspan="8" | [[Kingdom of France|Kingdom]]
|align="center"|Before 1305
|align="center" | {{Coat of arms|France Ancient|text=none|size=120px}}
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of the Kingdom of France (Ancien).svg|120px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg|120px]]
|The arms of France Ancient: ''[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] [[Fleur-de-lis|semé-de-lis]]  [[Or (heraldry)|or]]''  The historical coat of arms of France were the golden fleurs-de-lys on a blue field, used continuously for nearly six centuries (1211–1792). Although according to legend they originated at the baptism of [[Clovis I|Clovis]], who supposedly replaced the three toads that adorned his shield with three lilies given by an angel, they are first documented only from the early 13th century. They were first shown as ''[[variation of the field#semé|semé]]'', that is to say without any definite number and staggered (known as France [[Ancient and modern arms|ancient]]), but in 1376 they were reduced to three, (known as France [[Ancient and modern arms|modern]]). With this decision, King [[Charles V of France|Charles V]] intended to place the kingdom under the double invocation of the Virgin (the lily is a symbol of Mary), and the Trinity, for the number. The traditional supporters of the French royal arms are two angels, sometimes wearing a heraldic dalmatic.
|-
|align="center"|1305–1328
|align="center"|[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of Navarre (1285-1328).svg|120px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of the Kingdom of France & Navarre (Ancien).svg|120px]]
|align="center| [[File:Flag of None (square).svg|120px]]
|Arms of France Ancient [[dimidiation|dimidiated]] with the [[Coat of arms of Navarre|arms of Navarre]], after king [[Louis X of France|Louis X]] inherited Navare from his mother [[Joan I of Navarre]] in 1305.
|-
|align="center"|1328–1376
|align="center" | {{Coat of arms|France Ancient|text=none|size=120px}}
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of the Kingdom of France (Ancien).svg|120px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg|120px]]
|The arms of France Ancient: ''[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] [[Fleur-de-lis|semé-de-lis]]  [[Or (heraldry)|or]]''. After the death of the last direct Capetian in 1328, the kingdom of France passed to the [[house of Valois]] through the [[Salic law]], and Navarre passed to the [[house of Evreux]] through female line.
|-
|align="center"|1376–1469
|align="center" rowspan="4"|{{Coat of arms|France Modern|text=none|size=120px}}
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of the Kingdom of France (Moderne).svg|120px]]
|align="center" rowspan="5" |[[File:Flag of France (XIV-XVI).svg|120px]]
|The arms of France Modern: ''[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three [[Fleur-de-lis|fleurs-de-lis]]  [[Or (heraldry)|or]]'', a simplified version of  France Ancient
|-
|align="center"|1469–1515
|align="center"|[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of Valois France.svg|150px]]
|The arms of France Modern. After the creation of the  [[Order of Saint Michael]] in 1469, its collar was added to the royal arms.
|-
|align="center"|1515–1578
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of arms of France 1515-1578.svg|150px]]
|The arms of France Modern. King [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] changed the open crown traditionally used by his predecessors for a closed one.
|-
|align="center"|1578–1589
|align="center"|[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg|150px]]
|The arms of France Modern. After the creation of the  [[Order of the Holy Spirit]] in 1578, its collar was added to the royal arms.
|-
|align="center"|1589–1792
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of France and Navarre (1589-1790).svg|150px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France & Navarre.svg|194x194px]]
|The royal arms of the [[Kingdom of France]] after the conclusion of the [[French Wars of Religion]].  Again the arms of the [[Kingdom of Navarre]] impaled with  France Moderne, indicating the [[personal union]] of the two realms as a result of [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] becoming king.
|-
| [[French First Republic|First Republic]]
|align="center"|1791–1804
|align="center"|[[file:Coat of Arms of the First French Republic.svg|120px]] 
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of the First French Republic.svg|120px]]
|align="center| [[File:Flag of None (square).svg|120px]]
|Putative heraldic emblem of the [[First French Republic]]
|-
| [[First French Empire|First Empire]]
|align="center"|1804–1814/1815
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of the French Empire.svg|120px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Imperial Coat of Arms of France (1804-1815).svg|150px]]
|align="center| [[File:Flag of None (square).svg|120px]]
|The arms of the [[First French Empire]] of [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon I]], featuring an eagle, the [[Crown of Napoleon]] and inset with "golden bees" as in the tomb of King [[Childeric I]].
|-
| [[Kingdom of France|Kingdom]] ([[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]])
|align="center"|1814/1815–1830
|align="center" |{{Coat of arms|France Modern|text=none|size=120px}}
|align="center"|[[File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg|211x211px]]
|align="center" |[[File:Flag of France (XIV-XVI).svg|120px]]
|After the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]], the royal [[House of Bourbon]] once more assumed the French crown.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kingdom of France|Kingdom]] ([[July Monarchy]])
|align="center"|1830–1831
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of the Dukes of Orléans.svg|120px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of the July Monarchy (1830-31).svg|150px]]
|align="center| [[File:Flag of None (square).svg|120px]]
|During the [[July Monarchy]], the arms of the [[House of Orléans]] were used.
|-
|align="center"|1831–1848
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of of the July Monarchy (1831-48).svg|120px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of the July Monarchy (1831-48).svg|150px]]
|align="center| [[File:Flag of None (square).svg|120px]]
|From 1831 onward, the arms of [[Louis-Philippe]] were used, depicting the [[Charter of 1830]]. (Stars were eventually added to the Mantling; along with addition of Supporters, a decrease of the flags to two, the addition of a helmet, the reversion to the Fleur-de-Lys Crown as one of the two Crowns, the flagpoles having spearheads and at the base were two cannons surmounted by floral branches.)
|-
| [[Second French Empire|Second Empire]]
|align="center"|1852–1870
|align="center"|[[File:Arms of the French Empire.svg|120px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms Second French Empire (1852–1870).svg|150px]]
|align="center| [[File:Flag of None (square).svg|120px]]
|The arms of the [[Second French Empire]] of [[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon III]], again featuring an eagle, but now with the [[Crown of Napoleon III]].
|}

<gallery caption="Examples of emblazonment">
Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile 1223.jpg|[[Baldachin]], [[Heraldic banner|banners]] and [[Mantle (royal garment)|mantles]] (1223)
Bust of Charlemagne.png|[[Bust of Charlemagne]] (1349)
Prise de Tours en 1189.jpg|[[Caparison]] and banners ({{Circa|1455}})
Lothar RichardNormandie.jpg|Tent (15th century)
Louis XIV of France.jpg|[[Cushion]], [[Mantle (royal garment)|mantle]], [[upholstery]] and [[Joyeuse]]'s scabbard (1701)
Chateau de Blois 38.jpg|[[Baldachin]] (2010)
Blois Château de Blois Louis-XII-Flügel Innen Salle des États 7.jpg|Ceiling (2018)
Orn ext Maréchal de France.svg|[[List of Marshals of France|Marshal]]'s [[Baton (military)|baton]] (royal)
File:Bastoni da maresciallo, 1851-65.jpg|[[List of Marshals of France|Marshal]]'s [[Baton (military)|baton]] (imperial)
Constable of France sword-J 26-IMG 1795-gradient.jpg|[[Grand Constable of France]]'s scabbard
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Examples of modern marshalling">
Arms of Spain.svg|[[Coat of arms of Spain]]
Arms of Canada (shield).svg |[[Coat of arms of Canada]]
Coat of arms of Quebec.svg|[[Coat of arms of Quebec]]
Great shield of arms of Sweden.svg|[[Coat of arms of Sweden]]
</gallery>

====1870–1905: Period without any national coat of arms====
[[File:Freycinet, de Saulces de, Charles, Nadar, Gallica.jpg|thumb|upright|In 1881 Foreign Minister [[Charles de Freycinet|de Freycinet]] proposed a coat of arms that was not successfully implemented<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6201415t/f6.image.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22?rk=407727;2|title=Le Monde illustré, Miroir du monde|date=13 August 1938}}</ref>]]
The state was left without a coat of arms after the proclamation of the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]] in 1870. Consequently, the façade and balconies of French embassies and consulates were sometimes decorated with quasi-heraldic emblems, such as a simple RF monogram or a lictor's fasces topped with a [[Phrygian cap]]. This was lamented by diplomats, as it neither reflected the country's rich heraldic tradition nor matched other European countries' emblems.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In 1881 Foreign Minister [[Charles de Freycinet]] sought to address this issue by proposing arms. This first attempt was not successful. Count Horace de Choiseul, undersecretary of state in this department, invited the sculptor Francia to submit a proposal to him, which this denier{{Clarify|date=August 2023|reason=The coin or deny+er? Makes no sense}} executed on the drawing of [[Émile Bin]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

===1905–present: Adoption and modifications in external devices===
King [[Alfonso XIII]] of Spain's official visit to France in 1905, as well as preceding visits from king [[Edward VII]] and [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|Victor Emmanuel III]] of the United Kingdom and Italy, respectively, once again brought attention to the fact that France had no coat of arms. The Foreign Ministry responded by consulting the Grand Chancellery, which in turn asked the heraldists to propose national heraldic devices. Among about twenty proposals which were approved by the government, heraldic [[Peintre-graveur|painter-engraver]] [[Maurice de Meyère]]'s composition was formally adopted as the new coat of arms of France. This design was to be used by embassies and consulates abroad, instead of previous quasi-heraldic emblems.
<gallery widths=180>
Coat of arms of the French Republic (1905).svg|de Meyère's 1905 design
Official visit by King Alfonso XIII of Spain to France in 1905.jpg|The arms adorning the [[Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)|Foreign Ministry]] in 1905
</gallery>

In de Meyère's composition, the escutcheon was framed by an artistic [[Console (heraldry)|console]], whereas the [[Legion of Honour]]'s star featured as the sole external heraldic device. The entire achievement was depicted upon an oval background with the words "French Republic" on the edge, a non-heraldic element. The console and oval background were mentioned as late as February 1914,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9754415z/f3.item.r=%22Maurice%20de%20Mey%C3%A8re%22|title=Bulletin / Société historique du Calaisis|date=February 1914}}</ref> but generally omitted after World War I, while the star of the Legion of Honour had been accompanied by the 1881 version of the grand collar.

In 1924/1925, a greater version of the arms was invented for a decorative tapestry commissioned by the city of [[Strasbourg]] to [[Gustave Louis Jaulmes]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AGORHA : Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)|url=https://agorha.inha.fr/inhaprod/ark:/54721/00278365|access-date=2021-09-08|website=agorha.inha.fr}}</ref> It was never formally adopted.

<gallery caption="Achievements including the 1881 version of the grand collar" mode="packed" heights="258px">
File:Middle coat of arms of the French Republic (1905–1953).svg|Actually used version
File:Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_French_Republic_(1925-1953).jpg|Greater version designed by Jaulmes but never adopted
</gallery>

In 1953, the collar was redesigned.

==Usage==
A list of notable depictions:

*1905: A watercolour reproducing de Meyère's design was sent to each member of the government, and the arms adorned the two entrances of the [[French foreign ministry]] (37 [[Quai d'Orsay]]) at the occasion of king Alfonso's visit.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-28|title=FranFrance|url=http://www.hubert-herald.nl/FranFrance.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128200322/http://www.hubert-herald.nl/FranFrance.htm|archive-date=2020-11-28|access-date=2021-09-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Visite de S.M. Alphonse XIII à Paris : départ pour Versailles|url=https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001198956/0066/v0001.simple.selectedTab=otherdocs.hidesidebar|access-date=2021-09-08|website=bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr}}</ref>
*1922: The arms was emblazoned on the bronze [[:fr:Médaille de la Fidélité Française|Medal for Fidelity to France]] ({{lang-fr|Médaille de la Fidélité Française}}), awarded to inhabitants of the two border regions of Alsace and Lorraine, who had been either imprisoned or exiled by the occupying Germans during [[World War I]] because of their loyalty to France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gwpda.org/medals/frenmedl/france.html|title=French Medals}}</ref>
*1924/1925: A greater version of the arms was depicted on a painted tapestry by [[Gustave Louis Jaulmes]], titled "Les armes de France". Commissioned by the city of [[Strasbourg]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://agorha.inha.fr/inhaprod/ark:/54721/00278365|title=AGORHA : Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)|date=2 December 2021}}</ref> this piece was to be installed at the ''Commissariat General of the Republic'' in the city.
*1928: German encyclopedias gave a color reproduction of Jaulmes' greater arms.
*1929: On 10 May the German embassy in France inquired what was the official coat of arms of France was. The French [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] replied that "there is no, in principle, official coat of arms or emblem," but that such a composition was used for the French embassies and consulates.
*1933–1942: The arms were depicted on [[Prefect (France)|prefects]]' uniforms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Translate|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://le-chene-et-le-laurier.blogspot.com/2006/10/dans-cet-article-nous-observerons-que.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=translate.google.com}}</ref>
*1935: The annual edition of ''[[Le Petit Larousse]]'' reproduced a monochrome reproduction of the arms as a symbol of the French Republic.
*1953: The [[United Nations Secretariat]] requested that France submit a [[national coat of arms]] that were to adorn the wall behind the podium in the [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]] hall in New York, alongside the other member states' arms. On 3 June, an interministerial commission met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to select this emblem. It requested Robert Louis (1902–1965), heraldic artist, to produce a version of the [[Jules-Clément Chaplain]] [[Diplomatic emblem of France|design]]. In the end, Louis chose [[Maurice de Meyère]]'s 1905 design instead, and this was adopted and submitted to the UN.
*1975: President [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] adopted the [[Charge (heraldry)|charge]] of the arms in his [[:fr:Marques des présidents de la République française|presidential standard]].
*6 June 1980: President d'Estaing assumed on him being admitted to the [[Order of the Seraphim]]: ''Azure a Fasces Or bindings Argent between two Laurel sprigs disposed orleways of the second and bound together in base by a ribbon of the third.'', based on the republican arms.
*1982/1988: The arms were depicted on French space suits during the Franco-Soviet space missions of [[:fr:Mission spatiale franco-soviétique Saliout 7|1982]] and [[Mir EO-4|1988]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=badgemain|url=https://space-badges.pagesperso-orange.fr/brFRflag.htm|access-date=2021-09-08|website=space-badges.pagesperso-orange.fr}}</ref>
*2009: Used to represent France in the ''Hanseatic Fountain'' in [[Veliky Novgorod]], Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.123rf.com/photo_44472384_veliky-novgorod-russia-august-17-2015-coat-of-arms-of-france-represented-in-the-hanseatic-fountain-t.html|title = VELIKY NOVGOROD, RUSSIA – AUGUST 17, 2015. Coat of arms of France, represented in the Hanseatic fountain. The fountain consists of 16 coats of arms belonging to the Hanseatic League of the New Times}}</ref>
The coat of arms is still used, e.g. in relation to presidential inaugurations, including that of [[François Mitterrand]], [[Jacques Chirac]] and [[Emmanuel Macron]] in 1981, 1995 and 2017, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.max-gueguen.com/reception-demmanuel-macron-a-lhotel-de-ville-de-paris/|title = Réception d'Emmanuel Macron à l'Hôtel de ville de Paris|date = 18 May 2017|access-date = 25 February 2019|archive-date = 22 March 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190322070543/https://www.max-gueguen.com/reception-demmanuel-macron-a-lhotel-de-ville-de-paris/|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>[[:File:Visites Mitterrand Chirac à l'hôtel de ville de Paris.jpg]]</ref>
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Médaille de la Fidélité Française (reverse).png|The arms emblazoned onto the reverse side of the [[:fr:Médaille de la Fidélité Française|Medal for Fidelity to France]], instituted in 1922
1952 Trygve Lie Resigns.jpg|[[Escutcheon (heraldry)|Escutcheons]] in the [[United Nations General Assembly|UNGA]] hall intended to be emblazoned with national arms, including France's.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unmultimedia.org/s/photo/detail/704/0070477.html|title=General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters|date=July 1954}}</ref> but removed in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/fr).html|title = France: Symbols of the Republic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unmultimedia.org/s/photo/detail/783/0078376.html|title=Alterations in the General Assembly Hall|date=3 February 1956}}</ref>
Visites Sarkozy Hollande à l'hôtel de ville de Paris.jpg|The arms depicted on presidential inaugural documents.
Jean-Loup Chrétien at the Aragatz mission.jpg|The arms depicted on [[Jean-Loup Chrétien]]'s suit at the 1988 [[Mir EO-4|Aragatz mission]] to the ''[[Mir]]'' space station
Parione - s Nicola dei Lorenesi fascio repubblicano francese P1030725.JPG|The arms (l.) adorning Rome's [[San Nicola dei Lorenesi|Church of Saint Nicholas of the Lorrainers]], dedicated to France
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==See also==
{{Portal bar|France|Heraldry}}
*[[Armorial of France]]
*[[Armorial of the Capetian dynasty]]
*[[National symbols of France]]
*[[Symbolism in the French Revolution]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|National coats of arms of France}}
*{{FOTW|id=fr)|title=Symbols of France}}
*[https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/France France] at [[Heraldry of the World]]
*[http://www.hubert-herald.nl/FranFrance.htm Heraldry of France] — Hubert de Vries website
*[https://collection.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr/objet/GOB-717-000 Les Armes de Strasbourg] — Collection du Mobilier national {{in lang|fr}}
* http://www.languedoc-france.info/06141203_motto.htm
*http://musee.sceaualsacien.pagesperso-orange.fr/heraldique.html
* http://svowebmaster.free.fr/blason_france.html
* [https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php/Robert_Louis_Postcards Example]
* [https://images.fr.shopping.rakuten.com/photo/1196267733.jpg Example]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/heraldry/comments/8fpt2m/coat_of_arms_of_german_states_and_the_national/ Example 1955]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6201415t/f6.image.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22?rk=407727;2 Le Monde Illustre]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k250548j/f1.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom L'Humanité]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2989791s/f2.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom La Liberté]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9754415z/f19.image.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22?rk=364808;4 Bulletin / Société historique du Calaisis]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k481907f/f2.image.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22?rk=300430;4 Journal des débats politiques et littéraires]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7947153/f2.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom L'Intransigeant]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4728074t/f3.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom La Petite Presse]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9673679k/f234.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22 Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste Journal]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7521069g/f1.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom Gil Blas / dir. A. Dumont]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2561644/f1.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom La Croix, 7 June 1905]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4752595p/f1.image.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22?rk=128756;0 Le Grand écho du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais, 21 April 1905]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k823080p/f2.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom Le Populaire de Paris, 26 June 1938]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5716143x/f10.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom La Revue Diplomatique, 7 May 1905]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k50087887/f1.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom Le Petit Oranais, 21 April 1905]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4657709x/f1.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom Le Pays : journal des volontés de la France, 11 June 1905]
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k494528b/f1.item.r=%22%20D'azur,%20au%20faisceau%20de%20licteur%20pos%C3%A9%20en%20pal%22.zoom Le Pays : journal des volontés de la France, 22 October 1919]
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