▁from ▁ca . ▁ 1 0 4 0 ▁until ▁ 1 5 9 6 . ▁The ▁coat ▁of ▁arms ▁with ▁the ▁brick ▁wall , ▁the ▁three ▁to wers , ▁the ▁open ▁gate ▁and ▁the ▁e agle ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁The ▁actual ▁colors ▁and ▁shapes , ▁however , ▁changed ▁with ▁time . ▁The ▁current ▁design , ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁uses ▁shapes ▁of ▁the ▁esc ut che on ▁and ▁the ▁e agle ▁based ▁on ▁those ▁found ▁on ▁Renaissance ▁se als , ▁sign ets ▁and ▁other ▁artifact s , ▁but ▁other ▁shapes , ▁including ▁Goth ic ▁and ▁Ne o - Class ical , ▁were ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁past . ▁The ▁Free ▁City ▁of ▁Krak ów , ▁a ▁city ▁state ▁which ▁existed ▁between ▁ 1 8 1 5 ▁and ▁ 1 8 4 6 ▁used ▁the ▁Krak ów ▁coat ▁of ▁arms ▁as ▁its ▁state ▁symbol . ▁The ▁Grand ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Krak ów ▁created ▁after ▁the ▁Free ▁City ' s ▁an nex ation ▁by ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁Empire , ▁used ▁the ▁White ▁E agle ▁with ▁the ▁Krak ów ▁coat ▁as ▁an ▁in es cut che on ▁but ▁without ▁the ▁e agle ▁inside ▁the ▁gate . ▁ ▁Se al ▁The ▁se al ▁is ▁round ▁and ▁consists ▁of ▁the ▁coat ▁of ▁arms ▁surrounded ▁by ▁an ▁ins cription ▁with ▁the ▁city ' s ▁official ▁name : ▁Sto ł ecz ne ▁K ró le w skie ▁M ias to ▁Krak ów , ▁or ▁" Ro yal ▁Capital ▁City ▁of