File:The Royal Society of South Africa Coat of Arms B&W.svg

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Description	Official Coat of Arms of the The Royal Society of South Africa
Author or copyright owner
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://doi.org/10.1080/00359190809519207
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Royal Society of South Africa
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the logo would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	For use in the infobox
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of an organization's logo in the article about that organization will not impact the commercial viability of the logo.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Royal Society of South Africa//wiki.riteme.site/wiki/File:The_Royal_Society_of_South_Africa_Coat_of_Arms_B%26W.svgtrue

Licensing

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qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement.

Use of this seal here does not imply endorsement by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor does it imply endorsement of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation by the organization. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos for more information.
Fair use

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