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A great seal is a seal used by a head of state, or someone authorised to do so on their behalf, to confirm formal documents, such as laws, treaties, appointments and letters of dispatch. It was and is
Great Seal of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
The Great Seal of the United States is the seal of the United States of America. The phrase is used both for the impression device itself, which is kept by the United States secretary of state, and mo
Great seal
…is usually entrusted upon a minister, particularly a minister of justice. Great seals of republics usually show the nation's coat of arms (e.g. the Great Seal of the United States) or an allegorical image (e.g. France). For this reason, the design used usually remains unchanged. The seals themselves may, however, be replaced…
United States passport
The arms as held by Columbia in the war scene of the United States Capitol's 1865 Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi
A hatched rendering of the coat of arms being used at the Department of State headquarters at Harry S Truman Building.
The press and cabinet, made in 1903