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It would be better to choose the civil version of the CoA (the one with the lion holding the book, like the one in the middle of the civil ensign). The lion with the sword is reserved to the navy.--Carnby (talk) 17:05, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
- Maybe; I was assuming that the naval version was governmental, while the civil version seemed to be non-governmental. This image was uploaded due to quasi-philosophical disagreements with the original image author, who in the meantime has changed his concept two or three times (see File:Coat of arms of the European Union.svg and File:Arms of the European Union.svg)... AnonMoos (talk) 07:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
- That is because Italian coast guards is a division of the navy and so they use the naval ensign. A real government ship would use this flag (before 2003 the civil ensign was used as the State ensign).--Carnby (talk) 12:50, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
- However, that uses the star-on-cogwheel emblem, which doesn't fit very well into traditional heraldry, and so has limited relevance for this particular image... AnonMoos (talk) 18:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, but before 2003 the Italian civil ensign with this beautiful CoA was used as the State ensign.--Carnby (talk)
