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Coat of arms of the Polish branch of the House of Vasa as elected kings of Poland (with Lithuania, Ruthenia and Livonia) and rightful hereditary kings of Sweden (with Finland, Estonia, Ingria and Karelia), between 1587-1668. (Polish-Swedish personal union).
They are the arms of Poland-Lithuania with the arms of Sweden placed in a first inescutcheon, do note a second inescutcheon with the Vasas' crest
1-4, Crowned white eagle (also Piast dynasty eagle) of the Kingdom of Poland
2-3, Pursuer knight of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
5-8, Three Crowns of the Kingdom of Sweden (also, modern-Sweden crest or Magnus IV's crest)
6-7, Crowned golden lion of the House of Bjelbo or Folkung (also, old-Sweden crest or Magnus I's crest)

9, Wheat garb of the house of Vasa.
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Source commons and en:wikipedia (Chorąży) and Die Stockholmer Rolle or Rolka Sztokholmska
Author All the original drawing by Olek Remesz (wiki-pl: Orem, commons: Orem), only repainted (in golden-yellow) and with minor adaptations by Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin from the original Image:Flaga Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg and tagged with the same CC-BY-SA ver. 2.5, 2.0, 1.0 license. All based in the Martimar’s uploading Image:Rolka Sztokholmska 1.jpg.
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