Count the lions and check the other half.
The shield is divided vertically. Two blue lions stand one above the other on gold; beside them is a large jagged white shape on red. In heraldry, that shape is called a nettle leaf. You are not looking for a naturalistic green leaf.
The motifs represent the former duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. The lions belong to Schleswig and the nettle leaf to Holstein. The two-part state name and the two halves of the shield can therefore be remembered together.
The other three answers
Compare the whole combination, not just one animal.
1
Image 1 has four quarters with different lions, a cross and a diagonal band. It is not the two-part shield with a nettle leaf.
2
Image 2 shows a black upright bear on a pale field beneath a crown. The two blue lions are absent.
4
Image 4 shows a red-and-white striped lion and pale stars on blue. It has no white nettle leaf on a red field.
Right and left depend on the viewpoint.
Official heraldic descriptions use the shield bearer’s viewpoint. The description here follows your view of the original graphic: lions on the left, nettle leaf on the right. These are not contradictory.
Number 3 applies to this particular arrangement. The additional AI pictures show only materials and an invented study scene. They do not replace an official coat of arms or catalogue image.
State coat of arms · Schleswig-Holstein state portal ↗Schleswig: two lions. Holstein: nettle leaf. Together: image 3.
Recognise both motifs first, then choose the image number.
Three words for this question
- das Nesselblattnettle leaf
- A jagged heraldic symbol, here white on red.
- das Herzogtumduchy
- A historical territory ruled by a duke.
- heraldischheraldic
- Relating to the rules and description of coats of arms.