1341 gathering of prince-electors from the constituent states of the Holy Roman Empire. The use of heraldry as a means to identify geographical entities is a centuries-old tradition, preceding flags.
This is a template for the orderly and simple illustration of countries, regions, cities or other entities – e.g. in lists and infoboxes – through their respective coats of arms.
The omission of all elements of achievement save the quintessential escutcheon is a conventional heraldic practice that ensures the distinctiveness of the motifs even at low resolutions (20px is default). This also provides a meaningful degree of uniformity.
I.e. e.g. {{Coat of arms|Belgium}} would produce the image instead of variants such as , or .
Example
*{{Coat of arms|Australia}}
*{{Coat of arms|Austria}}
*{{Coat of arms|Canada}}
*{{Coat of arms|Holy Roman Empire}}
*{{Coat of arms|Kingdom of France|text=none}}
*{{Coat of arms|Paris|text=''[[Fluctuat nec mergitur]]''}}
*{{Coat of arms|United Kingdom|size=45px}}
*{{Coat of arms|United States}}
instead of variants such as 
, 
or .svg){kind=small}
.
