Hampshire coat of arms-shield

Embroidered patch shows Hampshire coat of arms.Patch made on red and yellow backgrond. in upper part we see crown and in bottom part we see red rose.The coat of arms were officially granted on July 13, 1992.
The rose is the Lancaster rose, which has been used by Hampshire for many centuries. Why the rose was adopted is not certain. One account holds that the rose was granted by King Henry V after the battle of Agincourt. Another theory traces the rose to Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, brother of King Edward I and he also had many estates in Hampshire. When the Duchy of Lancaster was joined to the crown in 1399 the crown was added to the rose. These theories, however, are not proven. The oldest reference of a crown and rose date from 1681 in Stockbridge.Hampshire, - county in southern England. Included in the region of South East England. Capital - Winchester, the largest city - Southampton. Other important port cities - Gosport and Portsmouth (not included in the administrative area of the county). The population of 1.253 billion people (3rd place among the counties)