I always enjoy emblazoning unique charges. Here's a simple crest featuring a dodo, emblazoned by me and ready for engraving.

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This is Spain's new Minister of Science

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This is what the Prime Minister of Albania had in his pocket today at the march in Paris

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The New Standard National Side of the French €2 Coin, which will enter circulation 1 Jan 2022 (The €1 coin will also be updated with the same design)

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The girl in this photo is not being treated; She died over 500 years ago and is being examined.

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The Irish Postal Service is a National Treasure

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Press Conference Today Between UK PM Boris Johnson and Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel - Sums up the current state of the 'negotiations'

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Every Olympic gold medallist in men's water polo since 2000 was born within the marked area (x-post r/europe, credit to u/vernazza) [989x835]

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This is Sanna Marin. She's 34 and is about to become the Prime Minister of Finland.

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I drew our Coat of Arms. Thought ye might like a look.

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I recently had the pleasure of designing and emblazoning a coat of arms featuring a capybara!

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I see we're sharing our Quarantine Artwork now! My niche is heraldry

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No Title Required

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Croatian Army Camouflage incorporates a stylised map of Croatia (x-post /r/europe) [1200x900]

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How Jupiter shields the inner planets from the asteroid belt

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The Embossing on a Presidential Envelope (credit to @heraldry_ireland over on instagram)

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Philae has Landed!

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In Ireland, on your 100th birthday, you get a congratulatory letter signed by the President and a bounty (~€2,500). Every birthday thereafter, you get another signed letter and a commemorative coin. A new coin is designed each year. Here's the 2019 coin, featuring Ireland's Coat of Arms.

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Coat of Arms designed and emblazoned by me for a client whose surname is pronounced Teddy

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Happy Independence Day, Finland! Hyvaa Itsenaisyyspaivaa kaikilee!

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Happy Europe Day! - On this day, 67 years ago, Schuman made his Declaration - Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity

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My most recent commissioned Emblazonment - currently on its way to its owner in Dublin

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The Defense Ministers of Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Germany

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The Prime Minister of Finland. That's All

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The Flag of Europe adorning the casket of former Federal Chancellor of Germany Dr. Helmut Kohl at the Ceremony of Honour held today in Strasbourg (x-post r/vexillology)

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It's been one year since I started taking heraldic commissions (thanks in no small part to this subreddit!), so here is a whole year of commissions in one (big) picture. It's been a lot of fun spending time in this great community! Here's to another year of heraldry!

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My Emblazonment of the Coat of Arms of Finland

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A commissioned full achievement for a client who was a real pleasure to work with

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Voldemar, a chimney sweep from Tallinn, Estonia

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The Flag of Europe adorning the casket of former Federal Chancellor of Germany Dr. Helmut Kohl at the Ceremony of Honour held today in Strasbourg

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My most recent Coat of Arms Commission - My first time emblazoning a Wolf as a central charge

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Live Map of the War in Ukraine (Actual Live Version in Comments to fulfill /r/mapporn's requirements) [892x593]

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To show how dark Comet 67P/C-G really is: Image of Enceladus, the Earth, the Moon, and Comet 67P/C-G, with their relative albedos scaled approximately correctly [2292x2232]

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Europe According to Vladimir Putin, 2004 [832x593] (x-post /r/europe)

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Average Number of Languages Spoken by the EU Population [650x607]

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The Eurozone as of 1 January 2015 - Welcome Lithuania! Sveiki atvyke! [2000x1982]

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The White House Press Secretary wore his US Flag Pin Upside Down at today's Press Briefing

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Number of Vegetarian Restaurants per One Million Inhabitants in Europe [650x607]

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The girl in this photo is not being treated; She died over 500 years ago and is being examined.

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At the World Cup Souvenir factory: Hey boss, how do you spell Cote d'Ivoire? I don't know, just put Ireland instead

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Prison Population per 100,000 people (2012) [1350x645]

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The Full Achievement of John Kenneth McKinnon, featuring an interesting Chimera both on the Escutcheon and as Supporters; the Raven-Wolf

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Arms I designed and emblazoned for a corporate client

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Most Spoken Second Languages in the EU by Country (Second and Third most spoken in comments) [650x607]

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Human EU Flag created by protesters in Bucharest, Romania

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Philae has Landed Safely!

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Belgium have just knocked the US out of the World Cup (2-1)

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Press Conference Today Between UK PM Boris Johnson and Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel - Sums up the current state of the 'negotiations'

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Public Image of the European Union before and after the Brexit Referendum [1603x901]

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My first commission to emblazon impaled arms

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Living Facade Map of Europe, on the European Environment Agency Building, Copenhagen, Denmark [2654x1517]

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Actual colour photograph of comet 67P. Contrast enhanced on original photo taken by Rosetta orbiter to reveal colours (credit to /u/TheByzantineDragon)

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My most recent heraldic commission

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Vexillology gore. Also map gore.

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My latest commissioned Coat of Arms emblazonment: A stag's head caboshed proper, attired of pink lady's slippers (cypripedium acaule) proper, slipped and leaved Argent

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When the thought struck me, I just had to knock up these simple Arms for the Black Stuff

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I got into Heraldry (Coats of Arms) a bit back. Here's a simple and obvious design I knocked up for Guinness that r/heraldry said I should share here

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A quirky Coat of Arms I recently had the pleasure of emblazoning for a fellow redditor

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This is the New Logo of the European Parliament

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Lawyers for Ireland's richest native-born citizen, Denis O'Brien, have sent a cease and desist letter to Waterford Whispers News (a satirical news website) requesting a take-down of their article Denis O'Brien receives 20 year jail sentence for mobile phone licence bribe in parallel universe

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Happy Europe Day, /r/Europe!

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Map of the Clan Territories of Ireland [2588x3072]

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A commission for a 69th Wedding Anniversary

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Latest Full Achievement Commission. This one was designed in close consultation with a really engaged client, who really thought about his symbolism. Emblazoned by me.

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Just the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands arriving to work

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Parliaments of Europe: European Parliament Hemicycle, Strasbourg

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A recently commissioned hand-drawn full achievement

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Solar Eclipse seen from Orbit

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My hand drawn full achievement of /u/MyCreoleWay's blazon

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Map Posted on Twitter by Canada's NATO Delegation with the caption Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine [794x625]

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My hand drawn full achievement of /u/22Arkantos's blazon

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Area needed to power the Entire World with Solar Energy [1000x706]

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First Image OF Philae taken BY Rosetta!

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Percentage of Pregnancies Aborted by Region in Europe (2010) [1900x1500]

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My new favourite image of the European Robin

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Tallinn's Old Town

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Tallinn's Old Town

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A recent emblazonment by me - Interesting crest on this one!

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A traditional Irish jack-o'-lantern, carved from a turnip. This one is housed at the Museum of Country Life in Mayo.

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My hand drawn full achievement of /u/powcrow's blazon

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Top International Vacation Destinations of EU Residents [2400x1390]

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The Tower of London is flooded with poppies to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War

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Painting: The White flag of the French monarchy transforms into the Tricolore as a result of the July Revolution - Leon Cogniet, 1830 (x-post /r/vexillology) (i.imgur.com)

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In Less than a Week, Europe will attempt to Land a Spacecraft HERE

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Let me introduce you to the traditional Irish Jack-O'-Lantern, from before we carved pumpkins for Halloween (it's a turnip)

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My newest commissioned emblazonment; Currently en route to Tampere, Finland

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A Hand-Drawn Crest Commission: On a torse Azure and Murrey, a peacock close proper, holding in its beak a garden rose Murrey, slipped proper

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Arms of Walter de la Poyle (Gules a saltire Argent, a bordure Sable bezanty), used as the basis of the flag of Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire. Emblazoned by me for the designer of that flag.

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Painting: The White flag of the French monarchy transforms into the Tricolore as a result of the July Revolution - Leon Cogniet (1830)

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Homicide Rates in Europe per 100,000 people [1525x921]

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A recent customer asked me to create a second rendering of my emblazoning of his arms, specifically for the production of a 1.75 wax seal stamp. Today, he sent me a picture of the resultant wax impression.

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The Naval Ensign of Landlocked Bolivia

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I sculpted a bust of the Hulk out of clay. Pretty happy with how it turned out.

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Commissioned Arms for a Canadian of Dutch Descent - Final emblazonment from a work in progress I posted here recently

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The Arms of Mary Robinson, 7th President of Ireland

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Speaker of Iranian Parliament welcomes President of the European Parliament to Tehran in front of 15-Star EU flag (and also the stars aren't pointing upwards)

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Map of Recycling Rates across Europe (x-post /r/europe) [1200x1200]

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Recent Poster in Amsterdam concerning Cocaine use by Tourists

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Another Quarantine Coat of Arms - This one will be in the post on its way up to Dublin in a couple hours

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Portrait of a Woman, Coloured Pencil, A4

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[OC] Map of the current De Jure Systems of Government of the World [2000x1015]

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My latest commission of a full heraldic achievement (blazon in comments)

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My emblazonment u/powcrow's Crest for use within oval areas

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The 12 most generous countries by foreign aid as a percentage of GNI (x-post /r/mapporn, credit to /u/Buckfost)

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Distance Travelled by Public Transport per annum per capita (EU, Norway & Switzerland) [4592 × 3424]

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Busaras...

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Map of Ireland's Clan Territories circa 1500

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Aodhan O Riordain has introduced an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 that would decriminalise possession of controlled drugs for personal use

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A recent commission emblazoned by me. I think the crest on this one is quite interesting. Although imagine being tasked by a knight to make it a physical reality!

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Dutch flag at half-mast at the European Parliament, in accordance with the day of mourning in the Netherlands

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My latest armorial commission: hand drawn full achievement of /u/MyCreoleWay's updated blazon

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Overlay of Prussia on Map of Polish Parliamentary Election Results (2007) [1650x1275]

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I made a Map of the Average Total Time in Office of European Leaders - hope you like it!

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I thought I'd share a Work in Progress for a change. Several minor elements of this will change before the final exemplification. Not all clients arrive with a blazon set in stone, so an intermediate sketch like this can be very useful.

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Happy Independence Day Finland! Hyvaa Itsenaisyyspaivaa kaikilee!

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Regions of Europe, as defined by overlaying multiple maps from different sources [2490x3225]

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Anti-Partition of Ireland League Poster from 1949 [450x727]

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Map of De Jure Systems of Government of the World [2000x1015]

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Parliaments of Europe: European Parliament Hemicycle, Brussels

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Countries with more than one 'World's Strongest Man' Medalist per 10 million people [Map]

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The Flag of Europe - Happy Europe Day 2017 Everyone!

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Map: The Eurozone as of 1 January 2015 - Welcome Lithuania! Sveiki atvyke!

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Gross domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant in purchasing power standards (PPS) in relation to the EU-28 average, by NUTS 2 regions, 2015 [2711×3840]

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An alternate flag of the European Union based upon the flag proposed by the European Federalist Movement

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LEGO Map of the European Union - Composed of 23,040 bricks, this Map was created for the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2012 [591x538]

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Throwing Shapes

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Can anyone tell me what this charge is? I believe the Arms to be Finnish (Werkasalo)

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Migration Patterns of Early Humans [1500x768]

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Where Christmas is Not a Public Holiday [2000x882]

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Some lads over in /r/ireland came across this dashing Irish Policeman. Can your country do better?

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Happy Higgs Boson Day, Europe! On this day three years ago, the discovery of this long theorised elementary particle was announced at CERN

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Fallen Lenins during revolution in Ukraine as of 23.02.14 (x-post /r/mapporn)

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Aqueduct over a Dutch road (Aqueduct Veluwemeer, Netherlands) [1000x500]

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I don't think they use that flag any more (x-post /r/funny)

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Arms I designed and emblazoned - The brief for this one requested the incorporation of specific elements from two ancestors, some reference to a third (ultimately rendered as a canting element), and an allusion to described qualities of the bearer himself - Pretty happy with how it all came together

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Total Number of Colonies of European Countries in History [650x607]

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Legal Systems of the World [1400x628]

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Vive L'Europe! Vive L'Union!

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The French Republic's Border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands [1523x1338]

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BBC/RTE Cross Border Survey: Would you like to see a United Ireland in your lifetime?

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Here are the Five Marriage Referendum Opinion Polls from Today and Yesterday. They ALL agree on a ~70% YES Vote when 'don't knows' are excluded (that 'plummets' headline was based on the worst of these five polls). It is NOT lost. But you MUST get out and Vote!

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The French Republic's Border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands

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If all the Separatist Groups in Europe were Successful... (ex-post r/Europe, credit to BigBadCockroach) [2815x2868]

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Cork City Hall lit up in the National Colours for Ireland's 1916 Centenary Celebrations

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Discovery of the Elements according to /r/YUROP

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Flag of the Empire of China, 1915-1916

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Today more than ever, this flag represents our solidarity - Je suis. Nous sommes.

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Name for the '@' Symbol around Europe (x-post /r/mapporn)

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World Map - 2012 Life Expectancy estimates by the CIA World Factbook [2638x1196]

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