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France does not have a coat of arms, but rather an emblem. The current emblem of France has been a symbol of France since 1953, although it does not have any legal status as an official coat of arms. It was originally adopted in 1912 by the French Foreign Ministry as a symbol for use by diplomatic and consular missions.

The Third French Republic had an informal Coat of Arms, but French Republics have generally avoided Coats of Arms because they are Heraldry, and Heraldry is seen as an aristocratic art, and therefore associated with the Ancien Régime.

The Kingdom of France and the French Empires had Coats of Arms, with the earliest being from before 1376 AD.

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