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![[Small CoA of the Republic of Czechoslovakia (1920)]](../images/x/xc)20s.jpg)
image sent by István Molnár, 8 May 2001
On the silver Czech lion there is the Slovakian Coat of Arms (the double
cross on the blue triplicate hill)
István Molnár, 8 May 2001
Why does the lion on the Czechoslovakian coat of arms have two tails?
Robert Mullins, 9 Sep 2002
It is the lion of the arms of Bohemia. As far
as I know, there is no specific reason for the double-tail. More information
here:
"Bohemia was a Duchy, which became a Kingdom in 1196. The Kingdom is
now mainly in the Czech Republic, but historically
also parts of Poland, Italy
and Germany belonged to Bohemia. On October 24, 1526,
the Dukes of Austria acquired the
Kingdom of Bohemia, which remained part of Austria-Hungary
until 1919.
The oldest arms of the Kings of Bohemia showed in silver a black eagle,
covered with golden tears (still