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Description

The Badge of the House of Windsor (the ruling royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms), as approved by King George VI in 1938. In the style used from 1938 to 1952 and the again from 2022.

“ Although the Sovereigns of the House of Windsor (this dynastic name was adopted by Royal Proclamation on 17th June 1917) have used various old royal badges only one or two new badges have been adopted that for Wales and the following badge for the House of Windsor, which was approved by King George VI on 28th July 1938: On a Mount Vert the Round Tower of Windsor Castle argent, masoned sable, flying thereon the Royal Standard, the whole within two branches of oak fructed or, and ensigned with the Imperial Crown. ”
(J.P. Brooke-Little, 1954, Boutell's Heraldry, Frederick Warne: London and New York, pages 216-217)
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Captions

Badge of the Royal House of Windsor, created in 1938.

inception

30 December 2009

MIME type

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checksum

6854c95beb44847315042a7e2f7cc47821fd94e4

determination method: SHA-1

data size

257,443 byte

height

715 pixel

width

564 pixel

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current13:44, 28 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:44, 28 September 2022564 × 715 (251 KB)Sodacanminor adjust
13:38, 28 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:38, 28 September 2022564 × 715 (252 KB)SodacanNew crown
20:59, 31 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 20:59, 31 July 2022563 × 710 (186 KB)Smasongarrisoncleaner paths with svgomg // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
06:11, 29 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 06:11, 29 October 2019563 × 710 (217 KB)Sodacanminor fixes
09:25, 23 July 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:25, 23 July 2017563 × 710 (394 KB)Sodacanminor fixes on the turrets
08:05, 25 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 08:05, 25 April 2012563 × 710 (395 KB)Sodacanreduce size
02:29, 31 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 02:29, 31 December 2009563 × 710 (560 KB)SodacanReverted to version as of 01:04, 31 December 2009
02:25, 31 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 02:25, 31 December 2009563 × 710 (560 KB)Sodacanminor fixes
01:04, 31 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 01:04, 31 December 2009563 × 710 (560 KB)Sodacancolours
00:22, 31 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 00:22, 31 December 2009563 × 710 (560 KB)SodacanReverted to version as of 00:21, 31 December 2009
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