Portcullis

Notice the symbol, in gold, on the backs of the chairs in this photo taken in what we are to presume is a Dutch Courtroom.  (My source is the Canadian magazine, Macleans.


Doesn't it look strikingly like the diagram of the symbol for the British House of Commons, known as the "Crowned Portcullis"?  (To see it you have to go to the link, as the House of Commons symbol is protected by copyright, after all these years.)

As Mark Steyn might say, there is nothing else to see here, just move along.

Regards  —  Cliff