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Coat of arms InfoField	English: Coat of arms of the canton of Geneva (Switzerland) Français : Armoiries du canton de Genève (Suisse) Deutsch: Wappen des Kantons Genf (Schweiz)
Blazon InfoField	Français : a) écu : parti, au 1 d’or, à la demi-aigle éployée de sable, mouvant du trait du parti, couronnée, becquée, languée, membrée et armée de gueules; au deuxième de gueules, à la clef d’or en pal, contournée; b) cimier : soleil d’or, figuré naissant, portant en coeur le trigramme de sable ΙΗΣ; c) devise : Post tenebras lux.
Blazon reference InfoField	Loi sur la dénomination, les armoiries et les couleurs de l’Etat (LArm A 3 01): Dernières modifications au 1er avril 1959, Système d'information législatif de Genève.
Tincture (SF) InfoField	orgulessable
Date	In use since the 15^th century, approved in its current form by the Cantonal Executive Council on 8 February 1918.
Artist InfoField	Original: Werner Luzi for Louis Mühlemann (1977) Vector: Swiss Army
Source	Copied from: Reglement 51.340 d Der Umgang mit Fahnen, Standarten und Fanions (Fahnenreglement) (German) (pdf). de:Schweizer Armee 80 (2019-08-01). Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. in Militärisches Zeremoniell (German). de:Schweizer Armee. Archived from the original on 2022-11-10. Retrieved on 2023-01-16. Originally published in: Mühlemann, Louis (1977) Wappen und Fahnen der Schweiz (1^st ed.), Lucerne: Reich, p. 152
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SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This coat of arms was created with Inkscape. This coat of arms was improved or created by the Wikigraphists of the Graphic Lab (ch).

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current	21:04, 14 June 2022	407 × 493 (16 KB)	HapHaxion	red fix
	21:02, 14 June 2022	407 × 493 (16 KB)	HapHaxion	colour adjustments per https://www.ag.ch/media/kanton_aargau/bks/dokumente_1/kultur/staatsarchiv/BKSSTAR_farbtabelle_wappenbuch.pdf
	20:07, 14 April 2014	407 × 493 (16 KB)	MaxxL	buggy version - scoured
	20:02, 14 April 2014	407 × 493 (13 KB)	MaxxL	optimized
	18:37, 14 April 2014	407 × 493 (32 KB)	MaxxL	Reverted to version as of 01:14, 17 January 2014 - dont overwrite this blason, for a new design upload a new file with differet name
	18:53, 9 April 2014	463 × 763 (55 KB)	Philippe317~commonswiki	Official version (cf. Source)
	01:14, 17 January 2014	407 × 493 (32 KB)	Gunnar.offel	Grafik aus [http://www.vtg.admin.ch/internet/vtg/de/home/themen/internationale_kooperation/MP/militaerisches_zeremoniell.parsysrelated1.17761.downloadList.77713.DownloadFile.tmp/51.340dfahnenreglement.pdf offizielle PDF] entnommen, bereinigt, beschnitt...
	01:33, 31 December 2008	603 × 763 (22 KB)	Sa-se	== Information == {{Information\| \|Description = {{en\|1=Coat of arms of the canton of Genf (Switzerland)}} \|Author = WIKImaniac \|Source = the author's picture \|Date = 31.12.2008 \|Permission = - }} {{Inkscape}} {{I