Coat of arms of Podlaskie Voivodeship

Coat of arms of Podlaskie Voivodeship
Armiger	Podlaskie Voivodeship
Adopted	19 February 2001 (current version)
Shield	Red Iberian style escutcheon

The coat of arms that serves as the symbol of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland is divided into two horizontal red fields. The top field depicts a white eagle, and a bottom field, a knight in a white (silver) armor, sitting on a white (silver) horse with a blue saddle and shabrack, and yellow (golden) harness, standing on its back hoofs. The knight has a blue shield with a yellow (golden) cross of Lorraine on it, put on his left arm, and hold a sword in his right hand. The current design of the coat of arms was designed by Tadeusz Gajl, and adopted in 2001.