Coat of arms of the Nguyễn dynasty
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The coat of arms of the Nguyễn dynasty (Vietnamese: Quốc huy triều Nguyễn; Hán-Nôm: 國徽朝阮), officially the national coat of arms of Đại Nam (Vietnamese: Quốc huy Đại Nam; Hán-Nôm: 國徽大南), was the national coat of arms of the Nguyễn dynasty adopted during the reign of the Thành Thái Emperor to be used when accepting diplomatic missions and foreign dignitaries at the Imperial City of Huế.
Coat of arms of the Nguyễn dynasty Quốc huy triều Nguyễn (國徽朝阮) | |
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Armiger | Nguyễn dynasty |
Adopted | Thành Thái 15 (1903) |
Relinquished | Bảo Đại 20 (1945)[lower-alpha 1] |
Supporter | Five-clawed dragon |
Motto | 大南 "Đại Nam" "The Great South" |
Use | Official coat of arms of the Nguyễn dynasty government. |
The coat of arms of the Nguyễn dynasty would later also be used as a personal symbol of its emperors replacing the characters "大南" with their reign era, with the latest of these variants being used in official correspondence during the State of Vietnam period. Khải Định's imperial seal contained a version of the imperial coat of arms but with the 6 Chinese characters Khải Định Đại Nam Hoàng đế (啟定大南皇帝) on the scroll instead of the country's name.[1] During the Bảo Đại period the scroll only contained 2 Chinese characters bearing the reign era of the emperor.