The "triangular" shield shape was frequently used by the federal administration throughout the 20th century, and adopted officially (as emblem of the federal administration, not necessarily as emblem of Switzerland as sovereign entity) in 2017. Precedents for this shield shape go back to designs dated to as early as 1815.
The official coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation is a white couped cross in a red heraldic shield, without explicit specification of the shape of the shield, and a variety of shield shapes are in use.
This image shows aflag,acoat of arms,asealor some other officialinsignia.The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of thecopyrightstatus.
WARNING: The Swiss coat of arms has special legal protection in the United States (US Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 33, § 708) and other countries.This is unlikely to affect its use in Wikimedia projects; this special protection is required by theGeneva Conventionsto avoid confusion with theRed Crossemblem (a color reversal of the Swiss emblem).
Original upload log
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2010-02-15T20:32:17ZZscout370604x669 (291 Bytes)I received another copy of the Swiss Government design manual; they stated for online use, the arms and flag must be #ff0000.
2006-02-05T22:21:01ZZscout370220x250 (1041 Bytes)There was a white line that kept on showing up at the base of the image: I got rid of that line.
2006-02-01T19:39:45ZReisio220x250 (761 Bytes)update to match again (should be last time:p) see Flag talk
2006-01-30T22:25:47ZReisio220x250 (761 Bytes)update red to match flag
2005-12-18T14:13:11ZReisio220x250 (757 Bytes)simplify & cleanup markup, still some room for improvement
2005-12-02T12:29:28ZReisio220x250 (4259 Bytes)wrong file last time:p
2005-12-02T12:28:14ZReisio435x467 (4221 Bytes)update to proper shape according to http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/111/a2.html _and_ proper cross dimensions (which the image does not go against)
2005-12-02T12:13:00ZE Pluribus Anthony535x600 (2878 Bytes)Flag of Switzerland; current drawing based on [http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/111/a2.html official drawing of arms]
2005-12-02T11:58:12ZReisio435x467 (4221 Bytes)rv - very well: http://www.eda.admin.ch/tokyo_emb/e/home/polsys.html http://flagspot.net/flags/ch.html http://www.swissworld.org/eng/swissworld.html?siteSect=602&sid=5091030&rubricId=14020
2005-12-02T11:53:25ZE Pluribus Anthony535x600 (2878 Bytes)Reverted to earlier revision
2005-12-02T11:50:42ZReisio435x467 (4221 Bytes)rv again - proof first
2005-12-02T11:43:19ZE Pluribus Anthony535x600 (2878 Bytes)Reverted to earlier revision
2005-12-02T11:28:33ZReisio435x467 (4221 Bytes)reverting to previous version that has proper cross dimensions
2005-12-02T11:00:11ZE Pluribus Anthony535x600 (2878 Bytes)Coat of Arms of Switzerland
2005-12-01T23:58:37ZReisio435x467 (4221 Bytes)[[:en:Confoederatio Helvetica|Confoederatio Helvetica]] [[:en:coat of arms|coat of arms]]. Created by [[:en:User:Reisio|User:Reisio]] with [[:en:Inkscape|Inkscape]].{{pd}}{{insignia}}