File:Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg

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DescriptionCanadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg	The shield from the en:Coat of arms of Canada. The shield was created by a Royal Warrant in 1921 and updated in 1957, thus out of Canadian Copyright. http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/arm1-eng.cfm
Date	1957
Source	Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author	Mercifull at English Wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Zscout370 at en.wikipedia.
Other versions	Derivative works of this file: Royal Shield of arms of Canada (1921-1957).svg Royal Shield of arms of Canada.svg File:Blason Canada.svg

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2007-09-05 07:06 Zscout370 131×174×0 (95725 bytes) Reducing groupings, rotating a few things
2007-09-05 01:07 Zscout370 131×174×0 (103606 bytes) New version of the arms, public domain
2007-01-22 20:19 Mercifull 200×260×0 (121908 bytes) * This image is being used not for a commercial nature but for non-profit educational purposes regarding the Coat of Arms of Canada * This image is a non-fictional segment of a national symbol of Canada * This image is the copyrighted work in its entirety

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:25, 12 December 2009	113 × 144 (135 KB)	Lexicon	Shield from the Canadian coat of arms based on its heraldic description; Irish harp always has silver strings, shade of blue is not defined. My own modifications.
	07:55, 11 December 2009	95 × 144 (134 KB)	Zscout370	Reverted to version as of 17:51, 15 October 2009 (we had a DR about this, the 1994 shield cannot be used)
	06:25, 11 December 2009	256 × 341 (113 KB)	Lexicon	Shield from Image:Canadian Coat of Arms.svg with slight modification.
	17:51, 15 October 2009	95 × 144 (134 KB)	Zscout370	Shield design from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Canada_(1957).jpg