The Russians used the traditional double-headed eagle.

Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, the niece of the last Byzantine emperor Constantine XI, and made the Byzantine double-headed eagle his own, and eventually Russian, coat-of-arms.

The Nazi swastika is also not present, the German forces use a Wolfenstein logo which is a combination of a stylized double-headed eagle prominent in most Nazi symbolism, a " W " ( standing for Wolfenstein ), and the Quake III: Team Arena " QIII " logo ( the game engine and network code that RTCW is based upon ).

It abandoned former communist symbolism: the red star was removed from the national flag, and the communist coat of arms was replaced by a white double-headed eagle with the arms of both Serbia and Montenegro within it.

The Emperors used the double-headed eagle as a symbol of their authority.

Marble relief of a double-headed eagle in the Church of St Demetrios in Mystras, marking the spot where Constantine XI was crowned.

In the mid-century a gilded double-headed eagle was set on top of the tower.

The horrific subject matter of the Massacre of the Innocents also provided a comparison of ancient brutalities with early modern ones during the period of religious wars that followed the Reformation-Bruegel's versions show the soldiers carrying banners with the Habsburg double-headed eagle ( often used at the time for Ancient Roman soldiers ).

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Seljuk period architectural fragment from Konya, showing Seljuk appropriation of the double-headed eagle often associated with Byzantium.

The Flag of Albania ( Albanian: Flamuri i Shqipërisë ) is a red flag, with a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the centre, that represents the sovereign state of Albania located in the Balkans.

The double-headed eagle is the national symbol of the Albanians and was used for heraldic purposes during the Middle Ages by a number of Albanian noble families, including the Kastrioti, whose most famous member was George Kastriot Skanderbeg.

The Kastrioti's coat of arms, depicting a double-headed eagle on a red field, became famous when he led a revolt against the Ottoman Empire that resulted in brief independence for some regions of Albania from 1443 to 1478.

The double-headed eagle on the flag is borrowed from the banner of the Byzantine Empire ( specifically the emblem of the Palaiologoi dynasty ).

The symbol of the double-headed eagle was re-used by Albanian nationalists during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a symbol of their campaign for their country's independence from the Ottoman Empire.

It was through her influence that the ceremonious etiquette of Constantinople ( along with the imperial double-headed eagle and all that it implied ) was adopted by the court of Moscow.

On the wrought-iron gates, Franco's neo-Habsburg double-headed eagle is prominently displayed.

During the Ottoman rule several unofficial flags were used by Greeks, usually employing the Byzantine double-headed eagle ( see below ), the cross, depictions of saints and various mottoes.

* The Byzantine Empire from 1261 until its collapse in 1453 had a flag that had a black double-headed eagle on a field of golden.

Austro-Daimler was so strongly tied to the local royalty that the Austrian double-headed eagle became the trademark of the company.

For the largest unit, a " Guard " numbering 1000 men, he created a new flag-red with the white double-headed eagle and his insignia ( ДI as " Danilo the First ") on it.

The double-headed eagle is attested for the flag of the medieval kingdom of Serbia by Angelino Dulcert ( 1339 ).

In 1889 the designs were changed again, this time to introduce thunderbolts across the posthorns underneath the double-headed eagle, and in printings after 1902 the usual grain of the paper was changed to be vertical.

* Badge: an enamelled crowned black double-headed eagle bearing a blue St. Andrew's Cross ( saltire ) with St. Andrew crucified upon it ; on the arms of the saltire were the Latin letters ' SAPR ' (' St.

Coat of arms of the Russian Empire with the double-headed eagle, formerly associated with the Byzantine Empire.

The programme acts as a morning news bulletin for the Asia-Pacific region and is broadcast as a double-headed news bulletin with Rico Hizon in Singapore and Babita Sharma in London's N8 studio.

The snare drum is almost always double-headed, with rattles ( called snares ) of gut, metal wire or synthetics stretched across one or both heads.

One unusual feature of IEEE-488 connectors is they commonly use a " double-headed " design, with male on one side, and female on the other.

Over the shoulder of Hephaestus is the instrument he has used, the double-headed axe.

The more usual double-headed instrument of Hephaestus is the double-headed smith's hammer so the symbolism is important.

As is standard for resonance diagrams, a double-headed arrow is used to indicate that the two structures are not distinct entities, but merely hypothetical possibilities.

Gáta Béra-Also referred to as the Kandyan Drum ; it is a double-headed, barrel-shaped drum, that is played by hand ).

Yak Béra-Also referred to as the Low Country Drum ; it is a double-headed, barrel-shaped drum, that is played by both hands ( one in one side ).

A floor tom is a double-headed tom-tom drum which usually stands on the floor on three legs.

The Red Square is indicated with a circle. Five double-headed Russian coat-of-arms eagles ( below ) substituting the former Coat of arms of the Soviet Union | state emblem of the Soviet Union and the “ СССР ” letters ( above ) in the facade of the Grand Kremlin Palace after the dissolution of the USSR

The differences are that the arrows are double-headed, the olive branch is wilted, and the eagle's wings have been clipped.

The first mention of a double-headed eagle in the West dates from 1250 in a roll of arms of Matthew Paris for Emperor Frederick II.

File: Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor. jpg | First depiction of the Reichsadler as double-headed ( coat of arms of emperor Otto IV from the Chronica Majora, ca.

While many cities ( as in Gaul ) had a double-headed chief magistracy, often another title was used, such as Duumvir or native styles such as Meddix, but Consul was used in some.

* Traditional double-headed rack toms, of varying depths.

Fasces-symbolism might derive — via the Etruscans — from the eastern Mediterranean, with the labrys, the Anatolian and Minoan double-headed axe, later incorporated into the praetorial fasces.

* 1865 – Clay invents the double-headed latch needle which has enabled to create purl stitch knitting.

Jumis, represented by a double-headed stalk of grain, was said to be hiding in the last of the unharvested fields.

His colours are red and white, his numbers are four ( 4 ) and six ( 6 ) and he wields a double-headed axe.

Wherever lightning strikes, priests search the surrounding area for the thrown stone which usually has a double-headed axe shape, like his weapon.

This configuration lasted for more than 40 years, with only a few changes in the exterior design, like the double-headed version and the incorporation of new materials and production techniques.

Crete's religious symbols included the dove, lily and double-headed ax.