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A crowned white eagle with gold beak and talons on red.
Also known as: Orzeł Biały, White Eagle of Poland, Polish eagle, Crowned white bird on red
Poland's white eagle has been the state emblem since the thirteenth century, and its crown has been removed and restored twice in the twentieth century for political reasons: the communist state's eagle was uncrowned, and the crown returned in 1990.
Denotes Poland as its state emblem: a white eagle wearing a gold crown, with gold beak and talons, on a red field.
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Lost its crown under the communist People's Republic and regained it in 1990, the crown being the visible marker of that constitutional change.
Contexts: Public information
Is among the oldest continuously used national emblems in Europe, in use from the thirteenth century.
Contexts: Public information
An eagle with wings spread and head turned to its right, drawn in white with a gold crown, beak and claws, on a red ground.