File:Greater coat of arms of the United States.svg

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English: The greater coat of arms of the United States of America, as depicted on passports, embassies and the Great Seal.

Date

28 January 2011

Source

Own work + File:Seal of the House of Representatives.svg

Author

Ssolbergj

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THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
English: Colored:

	Achievement
English: Monochrome (tinctures indicated by hatching):

	Achievement

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current	12:54, 6 March 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Interstellarity	Reverted to version as of 12:51, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
	12:51, 6 March 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Interstellarity	Reverted to version as of 12:50, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
	12:50, 6 March 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Interstellarity	Reverted to version as of 12:50, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
	12:50, 6 March 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Interstellarity	Reverted to version as of 12:46, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
	12:46, 6 March 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Andrew Gray	Reverted to version as of 12:42, 6 March 2020 (UTC) vandalism
	12:42, 6 March 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Andrew Gray	Reverted to version as of 12:27, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
	12:27, 6 March 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Jacbourg	Reverted to version as of 00:05, 10 January 2020 (UTC) Reason: file vandalised with image of Donald Trump
	00:05, 10 January 2020	451 × 476 (525 KB)	AndreyKva	Reverted to version as of 18:22, 9 November 2019 (UTC). SVGO broke the thumbnail.
	00:04, 10 January 2020	451 × 476 (249 KB)	AndreyKva	Optimized using SVGO.
	18:22, 9 November 2019	451 × 476 (525 KB)	Clindberg	Reverted to version as of 00:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC). This is an SVG; the newer uploads are bitmaps and should be uploaded as a separate .png file.