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In its current form, the coat of arms has been officially used since 1926 - in that year, the arms was modified to omit the flames that had previously emerged from all the panther's orifices (not only mouth and ears, but also from the phallus and anus). A member of the state parliament, Frida Mikula,
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Styrian coat of arms has been in use in practically unchanged form for more than 750 years. Together with the red-white-red shield it is one of the oldest and most venerable state symbols in Europe."
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