The inescutcheon is party per pale the arms for the House of Vasa (Bendwise azure, argent and gules, a vasa (sheaf of wheat) Or) and the House of Bernadotte (Azure, issuant from a wavy base a bridge with three arches and two towers embattled argent, in honour point an eagle regardant with wings inverted resting on thunderbolts Or, and in chief the Big Dipper constellation of the same).
In the second and third fields three sinisterbendwise streams argent, a lion crowned with an open crown Or armed gules. In the first and fourth fields three open crowns Or, placed two above one. Introduced by royal regulation in 1943, it has only been created once.Īzure, quartered by a cross Or with outbent arms, and an inescutcheon containing the dynastic arms of the Royal House. The banner of arms, which serves as a royal military command sign.
