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| Coat of arms of Silesia and Lower Silesia | |
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| Armiger | Lower Silesia |
| Adopted | 1224 |
| Shield | Or, an eagle displayed Sable armed with a crescent treflée, issuing from the middle thereof a cross pattée Argent |
| Coat of arms of Upper Silesia | |
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| Armiger | Upper Silesia |
| Adopted | 1222 |
| Shield | Azure, an eagle displayed Or |
The coat of arms of Silesia and Lower Silesia displays a black eagle with silver crescent with a cross in the middle on its chest—the emblem of Silesian Duke Henry the Bearded (Zgorzelec)—on a golden background. It has been assumed in the tradition that the coat of arms and colors of Lower Silesia are simultaneously used as symbols of Silesia as a whole.[1]
The coat of arms of Upper Silesia shows a golden eagle on a blue background.[1]
In the Polish heraldry, the Silesian eagle is usually not crowned (with the exception of Cieszyn Silesia), in the Czech and German it is usually the opposite.