Template:Coat of arms/doc

Usage
This is a template for the orderly and simple illustration of entities – e.g. in lists of countries, regions, cities or persons – by means of their respective coats of arms.

The omission of all elements of achievement save the quintessential escutcheon is a conventional heraldic practice that ensures the distinctiveness of the motifs even at low resolutions (20px is default). This also provides a meaningful degree of uniformity.

I.e. e.g.  would produce the image  instead of variants such as,  or.

Example
Would produce: