Duchy of Pomerania - Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

On 26 July 1530, the ducal coat of arms was reformed on behalf of Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania at the Reichstag in Augsburg. The ducal coat of arms since 1530 showed

• A red griffin on a blue shield for Pomerania-Stettin. The shield had a golden color up to 1483, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor positively responded to Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania's request to change the blue back to golden to follow the heraldic rules. This change, however, was never implemented.
• A red griffin on a silver shield for all of Pomerania, or Pomerania-Stettin.
• A black griffin on a golden shield for Cassubia. Before 1530, this was the coat of arms of Wolgast.
• A griffin colored with three green and red stripes on a silver shield for Wenden. Earlier, this griffin was red with silver wings.
• A black lion, sometimes with a red crown, on a golden shield growing from an open red brick wall on a blue shield for the Principality of Rügen.
• A silver griffin with a sturgeon tail on a red shield for Usedom.
• A black griffin with two white fields on a golden shield for Pomerania-Barth.
• A red cross with 4 red roses in its angles on a golden shield for the County of Gützkow.
• A white griffin on a red shield growing from an open golden brick wall on a blue shield for Pomerania-Wolgast. From 1325 to 1530, Pomerania-Wolgast had a black griffin on a golden shield. The Putbus coat of arms had been identical with the post-1530 Wolgast coat of arms, except for the color of the lower shield, which was black, and the description of the beast as an eagle.
• Another empty regalia field.

Before 1530, the coat of arms had five fields, showing four griffins symbolizing Pomerania-Stettin, Pomerania, Wenden, Cassubia, and an empty regalia field.