Identify a state symbol by its features.
A coat of arms is a defined identifying emblem. For Germany’s federal arms, look at the combination: a black eagle with one head, a gold-yellow background and red details on the beak, tongue and claws. The official proclamation defines these features.
Compare the original image with that description. Only the first picture combines the bird with the yellow shield. The other signs may have meanings of their own, but that does not make them today’s federal coat of arms.
The other three answers
The numbers refer to the four signs in the original image.
2
Picture 2 shows a sign made from letters, not a black eagle on a gold-yellow shield. It does not match the federal coat of arms.
3
Picture 3 is a cross. Its shape clearly differs from an eagle; another familiar symbol is not automatically the federal coat of arms.
4
Picture 4 contains a hammer and compasses within a wreath. Those are different features from the single-headed eagle on a shield. It is not the present federal coat of arms sought here.
The original image determines the answer.
The picture number belongs to this particular arrangement. If the images were rearranged, the corresponding number would change. This guide therefore displays the existing catalogue file unchanged and preserves the answer order.
The federal eagle is drawn differently for different uses. A stylistic variation does not necessarily mean a different state symbol. The two large editorial illustrations on this page are not official heraldic templates and do not replace the exam image.
Federal coat of arms · State symbol ↗Black eagle + yellow shield → picture 1 in this image.
Learn the visible feature first, then match it to the number.
Three words for this question
- das Wappencoat of arms
- A defined pictorial identifying emblem.
- der Adlereagle
- The animal shown in the federal coat of arms.
- der Schildshield
- The surrounding shape on whose field the eagle appears.