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The Royal insignia of the Vijayanagara kings spots 4 elements – Sun, Moon, Dragger and Boar.On the Norwegian "Kongshornet" (The King's Horn) the coat of arms of the old Galte-clan can be seen before it became "Galtung" in the times of Danish superiority over Norway. The horn is currently in a Danish collection in Copenhagen, and they've refused Norway's request to return it.[1] The coat of arms would have been a golden or silver (in the sagas "radiant") boar symbolizing Ynglinga on a blue background, along a shell symbolizing the sea or Christian pilgrimage.[citation needed]A Roman Antefix roof tile showing the boar badge and standard of the Twentieth LegionThe Swiss Saubanner as depicted in the Berner Schilling (1480s)Coat of arms of Malacky in Slovakia.Heraldic boars on the memorial to Alexander Nisbet in the Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh.
The wild boar and boar's head are common charges in heraldry.
^Braseth, Sofie (2018-01-30). "Vil ha norsk kulturskatt tilbake fra Danmark. Slik svarer danskene". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
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