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Coat of arms of Albania
Coat of arms of Republic of Albania
Coat of arms of the Republic
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File:Seal of the President of Albania.svg
Seal of the president
File:Kryeministri i Shqipërisë.svg
Seal of the prime minister
Adopted28 November 1998 (by presidential decree nr. 2260)
10 July 2003 (standardized by government decision nr. 474)
BlazonGules within a bordure narrow Or, charged by a bicapitate eagle displayed Sable, in chief a helm adorned with rosettes upon which sits a goat's head erased Or dexter proper.
Earlier version(s)
from: 1914–1998
1914–1925, Principality of Albania
1926–1929, Albanian Republic
1929–1939, Albanian Kingdom
1939–1943, Kingdom of Albania
1946–1992, Communist Albania
1992–1998, Republic of Albania
Usein the seals and at the entrance of state institutions; as a distinctive sign in state objects; in all official acts; in documents and agreements of the Albanian state with foreign countries, based on reciprocity.

The coat of arms of Albania (Albanian: Stema e Republikës së Shqipërisë) is an adap-tation of the flag of Albania and is based on the symbols of Greek-Slav Georgios Kastrioti Skanderbeg. It features the black double-headed eagle, documented in official use since 1458, as evidenced from a sealed document uncovered in the Vatican Secret Archive (fund: Miscellanea, vol. XXXIX, doc. 2398), addressed to Pope Pius II and co-sealed by notary Johannes Borcius de Grillis.[1] The stylized gold helmet is partially based on the model of crown-like rank that once belonged to Skanderbeg, currently on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, first mentioned in 1593 in the Ambras armory inventory and depicted in 1601/03 in the "Armamentarium Heroicum" of Jakob Schrenck von Notzing. The ruler of Austria, Ferdinand II, acquired the helmet from the Duke of Urbino, so mentioned in a letter sent to him from the duke, dated 15 October 1578.[2]

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  1. Ahmeti, Musa. "Një akt diplomatik dalur nga kancelaria e Skënderbeut". Gazeta Dielli. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. Koçi, Dorian (15 January 2019). "Shpata që iu dhurua Skënderbeut në Krishtlindjen e vitit 1466". Gazeta Shqiptare.


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