Coat o airms o Georgie (kintra)

The coat o airms o Georgie wis adoptit on 1 October 2004. It is partially based on the medieval airms o the Georgian ryal hoose o Bagrationi.

It haes twa lions rampant as supporters o the shield, which is surmountit wi the ryal croun o Georgie, aw o them Or (gold). The shield itsel is Gules (red), wi an image o Saunt George, ridin a horse tramplin upon a crawlin dragon, whose heid is pierced bi the saunt's spear, aw o them Argent (white).

The motto belaw the shield reads as : "Strength is in Unity" (Dzala Ertobashia, written in the Mkhedruli script o the Georgian alphabet, ძალა ერთობაშია).

Umwhile coats o airms [edit]

1918-1921 an 1991-2004:

This coat o airms wis in uise bi the Democratic Republic o Georgie throughoot its existence in 1918-1921. Though the uise o Saunt George as Georgie's patron saunt wis bi then a lang tradition, there wur some discussions aboot ither possibilities, the major ane being Amiran, as the seembol o Georgie's fecht for freedom frae the Roushie Empire. Housomeivver, a decision wis then made in favor o saunt George. Restored in 1991, this coat o airms wis replaced bi the current ane in 2004.

1801-1917:

Afore 1917, when Georgie wis pairt o the Roushie Empire, the Georgian coat o airms appeared on the Greater Coat o Airms o the Roushie Empire, as pairt o the coat o airms o Caucasus. It showed then as the center inescutcheon, an read as follaes:

Or, wi an image o Saunt George Martyr the Victorious in complete armour Azur wi a cross on his breast, wi a flyin cloak Gules, ridin a horse Sable in full gallop, the latter covered wi a horse cloth Gules, fringed Or, tramplin upon a crawlin dragon Vert, winged Sable, eyed an tongued Gules, whose heid is pierced bi the saunt's spear Gules.

Before 1801:

Coats o airms wur maistly those o the Bagrationi, who claimed tae hae Keeng David amang their ancestors, an includit such elements as Keeng David's lyra an sling, or the Holy Tunic.