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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.

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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.

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(J.P. Brooke-Little, 1954, Boutell's Heraldry, Frederick Warne: London and New York, pages 216-217)

Date

30 December 2009

Source

Own work, based on one found on this website: yeomenoftheguard.com. ([1])

Author

Sodacan

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:44, 28 September 2022	564 × 715 (251 KB)	Sodacan	minor adjust
	13:38, 28 September 2022	564 × 715 (252 KB)	Sodacan	New crown
	20:59, 31 July 2022	563 × 710 (186 KB)	Smasongarrison	cleaner paths with svgomg // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
	06:11, 29 October 2019	563 × 710 (217 KB)	Sodacan	minor fixes
	09:25, 23 July 2017	563 × 710 (394 KB)	Sodacan	minor fixes on the turrets
	08:05, 25 April 2012	563 × 710 (395 KB)	Sodacan	reduce size
	02:29, 31 December 2009	563 × 710 (560 KB)	Sodacan	Reverted to version as of 01:04, 31 December 2009
	02:25, 31 December 2009	563 × 710 (560 KB)	Sodacan	minor fixes
	01:04, 31 December 2009	563 × 710 (560 KB)	Sodacan	colours
	00:22, 31 December 2009	563 × 710 (560 KB)	Sodacan	Reverted to version as of 00:21, 31 December 2009