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Voivodeship flags and coats of arms identification

Identify the Polish voivodeship from a brief official description of its flag or coat of arms (heraldic elements and colors).0 takes
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  • 01A red shield bearing a white eagle with a golden crown and golden beak and talons — coat of arms traditionally associated with the historic region of Mazovia.
  • 02A white (silver) eagle displayed on a red field, but with a golden crown and gold details; the eagle is the main historic symbol of this voivodeship centered on a simple red shield.
  • 03A white (silver) eagle with a golden crown on a blue shield; the eagle often associated with the Piast dynasty representing this western voivodeship.
  • 04A white eagle (with gold beak and talons) together with a half griffin or lion on a red and black divided shield — coat of arms of a maritime northern voivodeship.
  • 05A black eagle with a golden crescent and cross on a yellow (gold) field — historically linked to the Piast duchy in the south-west.
  • 06A red griffin rampant (often white or silver in variants) on a white (silver) shield, used by a northern coastal region centered on Gdańsk and the Kashubian area.
  • 07A black eagle with a gold crown on a blue field and often an inescutcheon with the Silesian eagle — emblem used by the industrial southern voivodeship (Katowice region).
  • 08A red field displaying a white eagle on one side and a white (silver) cross or lamb motif on the other; coat of arms of an eastern voivodeship centered on the city of Lublin.
  • 09A shield quartered with a black eagle on yellow, and red-and-white stripes or fields bearing a bison — coat of arms of the north-eastern voivodeship including Białystok.
  • 10A white (silver) eagle and a red-and-white striped field (or a historical Kuyavian eagle) combined on a shield; coat of arms of the voivodeship containing Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
  • 11A golden (yellow) shield charged with a white cross pattée and often a black eagle or scythe motif, representing the small south-west voivodeship with a significant German-Polish Piast legacy.
  • 12A white (silver) field featuring a red capital lettered device or a red Lamb of God with banner and halo, used by the central voivodeship whose capital is Łódź.
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