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The fleur de lys or fleur de lis (plural: fleurs de lys or fleurs de lis) is a stylized depiction of the lily or the iris. It is decorative and has been used for centuries on flags and on coats of arms.

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  • Fleur.iris.2

    Iris compared with fleur-de-lis ornament in French

  • Image-Charlemagne-by-Durer

    Charlemagne, by Albrecht Dürer, the anachronistic coat-of-arms above him show the German eagle and the French Fleur-de-lis.

  • Novac kralja Milutina

    Serbian king Stefan Milutin gold coin (12th century) reverse – with the Serbian state fleur-de-lis coat of arms. With Serbian king and Christ

  • TvrtkoIRevers

    Bosnian king Tvrtko I's gold coin (14th century) reverse – with the Bosnian state fleur-de-lis coat of arms. (GLORIA TIBI DEUS SPES NOSTRA).

  • Grand COA of Sapiega family (Lithuania)

    Sapieha family coat of arms

  • Jurbarkas coats of arms in 1792

    Jurbarkas coats of arms in 1792

  • Belarusian Scout Association Abroad

    Membership badge of the Belarusian Scout Association Abroad (BSAA), which existed from 1945 to 1951 in Germany. The emblem features the traditional motto Напагатове!.

  • The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H12824

    A soldier of the Manchester Regiment with their fleur-de-lis badge on his helmet, in 1941.

  • Boy Scout Association 1920-1967

    An early version of the Scout emblem, used in the United Kingdom before 1967

  • Fence, Buckingham Palace London April 2006 077

    Fleurs-de-lis on railings at Buckingham Palace

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