Coat of arms of Finland

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The coat of arms of Finland is a crowned lion on a red field, the right foreleg replaced with an armoured human arm brandishing a sword, trampling on a sabre with the hindpaws. The Finnish coat of arms was originally created around the year 1580.

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Image: Own work, based on image from The Finnish Heritage Agency. Colours are Pantone 186 C for red and 123 C for yellow as defined in the Finnish flag law, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.