Three motifs recall three historic territories.
From the viewer’s perspective, the red cross is at the upper left, the pale wheel at the upper right and the lion in the black pointed section below. Look for all three motifs together: a lion also appears in other coats of arms.
The cross refers to the Electorate of Trier, the wheel to the Electorate of Mainz and the lion to the Electoral Palatinate. Above the shield is a popular crown with vine leaves. It symbolises popular sovereignty and does not mean that a king governs the state today.
The other three answers
The other three pictures show different combinations.
2
Image 2 shows a white castle with three towers on red. It lacks the cross, wheel and lion.
3
Image 3 contains a red-and-white striped lion on blue, surrounded by pale stars. It is not the gold lion in the three-part shield.
4
Image 4 combines two blue lions on gold with a white nettle leaf on red. This arrangement does not match the required combination.
Historic symbols, a present-day federal state.
The historic territories and their names are not identical with all present-day administrative boundaries. The coat of arms combines historical associations; it is not a map of the state.
Number 1 applies to the order in this question graphic. The AI-generated study images are separate and do not reproduce the official emblem. The state flag is covered in a separate question.
State coat of arms · State of Rhineland-Palatinate ↗Cross + wheel + gold lion → Rhineland-Palatinate, image 1.
Recognise the combination, not just the image number.
Three words for this question
- das Radwheel
- A round symbol with spokes; here the Mainz motif.
- die Volkskronepopular crown
- A crown symbolising the sovereignty of the people here.
- die PfalzPalatinate
- A historic region whose lion appears in the state coat of arms.