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Arms of countries, areas or provinces that do not exist anymore, are placed under the country in which the area is situated at this moment. For example, cities, which were granted arms during the Russian Empire, are now under the individual countries. Similarly, towns in the former German provinces of Prussia and Posen are placed under Poland, the South African Colonies and Homelands are under South Africa and Dutch East Indies are under Indonesia. | Arms of countries, areas or provinces that do not exist anymore, are placed under the country in which the area is situated at this moment. For example, cities, which were granted arms during the Russian Empire, are now under the individual countries. Similarly, towns in the former German provinces of Prussia and Posen are placed under Poland, the South African Colonies and Homelands are under South Africa and Dutch East Indies are under Indonesia. | ||
Present and former colonies and (semi-independent) overseas territories that do not form a single present country are listed under the parent country, except for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is listed separately. | Present and former colonies and (semi-independent) overseas territories that do not form a single present country are listed under the parent country, except for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is listed separately.'''<u>Largest collections</u>''' | ||
'''<u>Largest collections</u>''' | |||
{|width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0" | {|width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0" | ||
|width="25%" valign="top"|over 10.000 arms | |width="25%" valign="top"|over 10.000 arms | ||
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* [[File:portugal.jpg|40 px]][[Portugal]] | * [[File:portugal.jpg|40 px]][[Portugal]] | ||
* [[File:hungary.jpg|40 px]][[Hungary]] | * [[File:hungary.jpg|40 px]][[Hungary]] | ||
|} | |}'''<u>All countries</u>''' | ||
'''<u>All countries</u>''' | |||
{|width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0" | {|width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0" | ||
|width="25%" valign="top"| | |width="25%" valign="top"| | ||
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* [[Dominican Republic]] | * [[Dominican Republic]] | ||
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* [[ | * [[Timor-Leste]] | ||
* [[Ecuador]] | * [[Ecuador]] | ||
* [[Egypt]] | * [[Egypt]] | ||
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* [[Grenada]] | * [[Grenada]] | ||
* [[Guatemala]] | * [[Guatemala]] | ||
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guibis.htm Guinea Bissau] | *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guibis.htm Guinea Bissau] | ||
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guinee.htm Guinee] | *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guinee.htm Guinee] | ||
* [[Guyana]] | * [[Guyana]] | ||
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/mongolia.htm Mongolia] | *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/mongolia.htm Mongolia] | ||
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/yug/montenegro.htm Montenegro] | *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/yug/montenegro.htm Montenegro] | ||
* [[Morocco]] | * [[Morocco]] | ||
* [[Mozambique]] | * [[Mozambique]] | ||
* [[Myanmar]] | * [[Myanmar]] | ||
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* [[New Zealand]] | * [[New Zealand]] | ||
** [[Tokelau]] | ** [[Tokelau]] | ||
*[ | * [[Nicaragua]] | ||
* [[Niger]] | * [[Niger]] | ||
* [[Nigeria]] | * [[Nigeria]] | ||
* [[Niue]] | * [[Niue]] | ||
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* [[Panama]] | * [[Panama]] | ||
* [[Papua New Guinea]] | * [[Papua New Guinea]] | ||
* [[Paraguay]] | * [[Paraguay]] | ||
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/peru/peru.htm Peru] | *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/peru/peru.htm Peru] | ||
* [[Philippines]] | * [[Philippines]] | ||
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/rom/romania.htm Romania] | *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/rom/romania.htm Romania] | ||
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/rus/russia.htm Russia] | *[http://www.ngw.nl/int/rus/russia.htm Russia] | ||
* [[Rwanda]] | * [[Rwanda]] | ||
* [[Samoa]] | * [[Samoa]] | ||
* [[San Marino]] | * [[San Marino]] | ||
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File:dinan.lau.jpg|[[Heraldic tobacco cards]] (cigarette cards) | File:dinan.lau.jpg|[[Heraldic tobacco cards]] (cigarette cards) | ||
File:bulgarije.kh.jpg|[[Heraldic trade cards]] | File:bulgarije.kh.jpg|[[Heraldic trade cards]] | ||
File:leiden.newa.jpg|[[Heraldic cigar | File:leiden.newa.jpg|[[Heraldic cigar bands]] | ||
File:1914.mka.jpg|[[Heraldic calendars]] | File:1914.mka.jpg|[[Heraldic calendars]] | ||
File:cromarty.crc.jpg|[[Crested china]] | File:cromarty.crc.jpg|[[Crested china]] | ||
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The site is a private site, which is maintained by one person only since 1996. It is my hobby, which takes much time and money (books, hosting etc etc), which is OK for me. My only income for the site is the advertisments on the bottom of this page as well a bit from sales on eBay.<br> | The site is a private site, which is maintained by one person only since 1996. It is my hobby, which takes much time and money (books, hosting etc etc), which is OK for me. My only income for the site is the advertisments on the bottom of this page as well a bit from sales on eBay.<br> | ||
If you want to donate items or images, click [[Wanted|here]], for financial donations please do so using [http://www.paypal.com PayPal] to <strong>webmaster@ | If you want to donate items or images, click [[Wanted|here]], for financial donations please do so using [http://www.paypal.com PayPal] to <strong>webmaster@heraldry-wiki.com</strong> or by normal mail to the contact address mentioned in the [[contact]] page. For security, I will not send any bank details by e-mail. People or companies that have donated money, will be mentioned with name of logo on this page if wanted. Please contact me if you would like to be mentioned. | ||
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