ARMS.-- _Quarterly_, 1 _and_ 4, _gules, three lions passant guardant in
pale or_ (ENGLAND); 2, _or, a lion rampant within a double tressure
flory and counterflory gules_ (SCOTLAND); 3, _azure, a harp or, stringed
argent_ (IRELAND).
HELMET--_of gold, affronté and with grylles_.
MANTLING, _cloth of gold lined with ermine_.
CRESTS _upon the Imperial Crown, a lion statant guardant, crowned or_
(ENGLAND).
_Upon the Crown of Scotland, a lion sejant erect affronté gules; crowned
or, holding in the dexter paw a sword, and in the sinister a sceptre,
both proper_ (SCOTLAND).
On a Wreath, _or and azure, a tower triple-towered of the first, from
the portal a hart springing argent, attired and unguled gold_ (IRELAND).
SUPPORTERS (dexter), _a lion guardant or, crowned as the crest_;
(sinister), _a unicorn argent, armed, crined and unguled or, gorged with
a coronet composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis, a chain affixed
thereto, passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back of the
last_.
BADGES.--
1. _The Red and White Rose, united and crowned_ (ENGLAND).
2. _The Thistle, crowned_ (SCOTLAND).
3. _A Harp or, stringed argent, crowned_ (IRELAND).
4. _A Trefoil slipped vert, crowned_ (IRELAND).
5. _The Rose, Thistle and Shamrock united on one stem and crowned_
(UNITED KINGDOM).
6. _A Shield, crowned and bearing the device of the Union Jack_
(UNITED KINGDOM).
7. _Upon a mount vert, a dragon passant with wings elevated gules_
(WALES). _N.B._--This badge is not crowned.
MOTTO.--DIEU . ET . MON . DROIT in the compartment below the Shield,
with the Union, Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle engrafted on the same stem.
The Shield is encircled by the Garter of that Order.
The Arms of H.M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA, early in the reign of KING EDWARD,
were declared by Royal Warrant. Within the Garter are impaled (dexter)
the Arms of KING EDWARD VII. and (sinister) the undifferenced Arms of
DENMARK as under:--
The ROYAL ARMS OF DENMARK. The Shield divided into four quarters by the
national _white cross_, having a _border of red_ to represent the red
field of the Danish Ensign. First Quarter:--DENMARK--_Or, semée of
hearts gu., three lions pass. guard. in pale az._ Second
Quarter:--SLESWICK--_Or, two lions pass. in pale az._ Third
Quarter:--_Per fesse, in chief_, SWEDEN--_Az., three crowns or; in
base_, ICELAND--_Gu., a stock-fish arg., crowned or; impaling_, for
FAROE ISLANDS--_Az., a buck pass. arg._; and, for GREENLAND--a _polar
bear rampt. arg._ Fourth Quarter:--_Per fesse, in chief_, for
JUTLAND--_Or, ten hearts, four, three, two, one, gu., and in chief a
lion pass. az.; in base_, for VANDALIA--_Gu., a wyvern, its tail nowed
and wings expanded, or_.
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