Coat of arms of Great Duchy of Finland, ruled by the tsars of Russia 1809-1917. In contast to Finland's current arms (similar to the arms used when part of Sweden), the Russian administration changed the arms so that the lion didn't trample on the curved [Russian] sabre but instead held it. See e.g. http://historydoc.edu.ru/catalog.asp?cat_ob_no=13874&amp;ob_no=14126 § 2 subsection VIII., and contemporary Finnish coins and stamps for reference, e.g. [1] and File:Suomen_hopeamarkka_1907.png and stamps
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