Coat of arms of the Czech Republic

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The Coat of Arms of the Czech Republic displays the three historical regions which make up the nation.

The arms of Bohemia show a silver double-tailed lion on a red background. It is repeated in the lower-left-hand side of the coat of arms (from the perspective of the person holding the shield). The Moravian red-and-silver chequered eagle is shown on a blue blackground. The arms of Silesia are a black eagle with the so-called "clover stalk" in his breast on a golden background, although only a small south-eastern part of the historical region of Silesia belongs to the Czech Republic (see Czech Silesia). It is blazoned as gules, a lion rampant, queue fourchee argent, crowned, langued and armed or.

The shield is also used as the badge for the Czech national football team and Czech national ice hockey team.

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