Croatian Coats of Arms are quite widespread among Croatians in the USA, in South America, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Western Europe. Easy to recognize, it served and still serves as a sign various organizations and societies, and many Croatian families keep it as a dear decoration on carefully chosen places in their houses, in hundreds of witty variations. It is an interesting element of fashin of Croatian sportsmen and sportswomen. On the photo Croatian Coat of Arms with two angels, from 1919, on the ceiling of a hall in Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb. |
A detail from memorial-book of participators of the First Croatian Savings Bank general meetings 1900-1904
source: Jozo Ivanovic, Croatian State Archives, 2006, ISBN 953-6005-78-6
Croatian Working Society Progress (Hrvatsko Radničko Društvo Napredak), Kotor 1901
From the front cover page of Stolačko kulturno proljeće, Godišnjak za povijest i kulturu, god. VII., 2009.
Croatian tamburitza players in Kotor in 1901
Left half of a postcard from 1901 with Coat of Arms of United Kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia
Ethnographic Museum Zagreb (detail from the building built around 1903), Mazuranicev trg 14
Croatian coat of arms on the main building of the Croatian Railway, Zagreb, 1903, Mihanoviceva 12
Vitezović, Croatian monthley dedicated to heraldic studies, Zagreb 1903, edited by Emilij Laszowski. Source [Galović]
Decorated clay furnace (detail), with the Coat of Arms of United Kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia,
beginning of 20th century, town of Krapina near Zagreb
Greeting card from 1904: Hrvatska Hrvatom! (Croatia to the Croats)
Razglednica iz Zagreba upućena Milanu Šufflayu 1905., izvor [Darko Sagrak]
Razglednice Zagreba s početka 20. st. upućene Milanu Šufflayu, izvor [Darko Sagrak]
Diploma issued by the Union of Croatian Falcon Societies to the Crotian Falcon of Belovar, Zagreb 1906
Croatian Reading Room, Odzak 1906 (now in BiH)
Details from Hrvatsko kolo, 1906, journal published by Matica hrvatska (Matrix Croatica)
Honorable Diploma from the Exhibition of Ilok products and cattle in Zagreb in 1906
Flag of the University of Zagreb from 1907
Napredak, Hrvatski narodni kalendar za 1907., Sarajevo (detail from the cover page),
source [Maric, Pregled...]
Croatian coats of arms, 1907, in the Greek Catholic church of Sv. Antun Pustinjak (St. Anthony the Eremite)
in the village of Kast, Zumberak, Croatia;
many thanks to Mons. Mile Vranesic, Zeljko Pajic (Sosice Dean), Rev. Milan Stipic,
and to Mr. Vlatko Bilic for useful information.
Very nice Coat of Arms of Zumberak
A small barrel for wine with Croatian coat of arms, 1907, Zumberak, Museum of the Basilian Nunnery in Sosice
The town of Karlovac and its Korana river spa,
(coat of arms of the town of Karlovac on the front page)
printed in Zagreb, 1908.
Cup with Croatian coat of arms, 19th century
Picture of Josip (Joseph) Mikulec in possession of Dr. Ante Cuvalo, Chicago
A detail on his breast: Croatian Coat of Arms
Croatian adventurer Josip (Joseph) Mikulec set out to circumnavigate the globe on foot in the span of five years.
With the start of this journey he became a perpetual wanderer.
Mostly hiking, he traveled the world some 28 years and achieved a degree of fame
for having collected more than 30,000 autographs of world-famous people.
Joseph Mikulec with Croatian Coat of Arms.
Croatian Bokelj Music in 1910 in Kotor (source: Milos Milosevic, Tripo Schubert: Tri hrvatska glazbenika i skladatelja, Hrvatska revija, 2, Zagreb 2007, pp. 49-58)
Croatian Educational Society "Zrinski - Frankopan", Hrvatski prosvjetni klub "Zrinski - Frankopan"
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, founded in 1910, photo from 1918.
Note the young tamburitzans and the Croatian flag on the right.
Society "Ljudevit Gaj" in Rijeka and Susak (detail), 1910
Zagreb, 1910. Notice the flag Zagrebacke gospodje - Zagreb Ladies.
Kept in the Zagreb City Museum
Nevio Šetić: O periodičkom tisku za hrvatsku mladež u Istri početkom XX. stoljeća [PDF], ČSP, br. 1, 249-293.
The First Zagreb Fair, 1910, one of the earliest ones in Europe.
Jeka (Echo), Croatian emigrant calendar 1910. Source [Carmen Verlichak Vrljičak, Hrvati u Argentini, p 56]
Sports society Croatian Falcon (Hrvatski sokol), Krapina, 1911,
on the occasion of blessing of the flag of the society (detail)
Honorary diploma of the Croatian Falcon Society from 1911. On the left below the City of Dubrovnik.
Kept in the Zagreb City Museum.
A detail from the title page of Vjekoslav Klaic's "Povjest Hrvata" (History of the Croats), Zagreb, 1911
2nd All Falcon Meeting in Zagreb 1911
2nd All Falcon Meeting in Zagreb 1911
Zemljopisni atlas (Geographical atlas), Zagreb 1912
The Karlovac Water Supply, 1914
National Gazette, New York, 1908
(the first Croatian daily newspaper in America; Croatian coat of arms on the right)
Application for membership in Croatian Community of Illinois, USA, 1911
Zora - The Dawn, Croatian newspaper in Australia, Auckland, 1914
A painting of the Liverpool camp in Australia by a Croatian intenee during his internement there in 1916, ie in the course the First World War. Coats of arms represent Dalmatia, Croatia and Bosnia, with the text below "Zivila Hrvatska" (Long live Croatia). Potos from [Sutalo, pp 70-71]
Australia, 1916
Kolendar (Calender), New York, issued by Croatian printing and publishing company,1921
University Library, Zagreb, built in 1913,
now Croatian State Archives
University Library, Zagreb, built in 1913,
now Croatian State Archives (HDA); a detail from the main hall (with kind permission of HDA)
Ivo Kerdić: Medal of the Society of Hrvatski Sokol (Croatian Falcon) 1914.
Ivo Kerdić: Medal of Croatian Home-Guard, 1915 (Hrvatska domobranska pješadija, 26. pukovnija)
Calendar from 1917, kept in the City Museum of Zagreb.
Dol na Hvaru (Dol on the island of Hvar), Croatia, a monument to the victims of the First World War.
Photo by A. Orsini, source Mladen Klemenčić
University of Zagreb Medical School, Department of anatomy
Flag of the Croatian Educational Catholic Female Society
(Hrvatsko prosvjetno katoličko žensko društvo) in Karlovac, 1919,
See Lucija Benyovsky: Društvo Katarina grofica Zrinski, Hrvatska revija, no. 3, 2007, 86-100
Napredak, Hrvatski narodni kalendar za 1922., Sarajevo (a detail from the cover page),
source [Maric, Pregled...]
Competition of Croatian Falcon Societies in Zagreb (Hrvatski sokol), 1925
Stjepan Radic on a scarf from 1920s
From the funeral of Stjepan Radic, 1928, Zagreb, assassinated in the Parliament of Yugoslavia in Belgrade
Diploma issued by the Croatian Falcon Federation to the Coratian Falcon Society in Bjelovar, Zagreb 1925
Coat of Arms of Dr. Gjuro Kumicic, 1926, by the rescript of the Brothers of Croatian Dragon.
Left below in the flag is the mountain of Sisol in Istria, in South-West of Croatia.
Kept in the City Museum of Zagreb
Badge of Hrvatski sokol in Ilok (Croatian Falcon in Ilok, sports society), 1906-1926, disappeared from the Museum of the town of Ilok during the Serbian 1991-1997 occupation of this Croatian town on Danube river. Source: Museum of the town of Ilok.
Logo of Matica hrvatska (Matrix Croatica) in 1927
Ivo Kerdić: Medal of Ksaver Šandor Đalski, Croatian writer, 1927
A badge of Croatian Reading Room in Začretje (Sveti Križ near Zagreb), 1878-1928
Ivo Kerdić: Medal of Croatian politician Stjepan Radić, made on the occasion of his assassination
in the Yugoslav parliament in Belgrade in 1928.
Hrvatski sokol (Croatian Falcon Sports Society), city of Karlovac, 1929
Hrvatski sokol (Croatian Falcon) Osijek, 1929, source
Hrvatsko kulturno društvo "Napredak" 1902.-1927.
Napredak, Hrvatski narodni kalendar za 1929., Sarajevo (a detail from the cover page),
source [Maric, Pregled...]
Flag of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (Družba braće hrvatskog zmaja), Zagreb, 1930
Croatian History Museum
Coat of Amrs of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (Družba braće hrvatskog zmaja)
Amblem of the Druzba hrvatskog zmaja (Brethern of Croatian Dragon) in their building in Zagreb (Kamenita vrata), founded in 1905
A detail from the tree of Croatian Nobility within Družba hrvatskog zmaja (Brethern of Croatian Dragon)
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Hrvatska Žena (Croatian Woman) society, Branch 1 of Chicago founded on January 27, 1929. Another 18 branches were founded throughout the United States supporting churches, schools, charities and cultural programs as well as the American military during World War II. Source Vladimir Novak.
Hrvatska žena, ustrojena 27. siječnja 1929, Chicago ILL.
Croatian Woman, founded on January 27, 1929, Chicago ILL., source www.cuvalo.net
Hrvatska žena, grana br. 1, Chicago, 1929-2009
Croatian Woman, branch #1, Chicago, 80th Anniversary, source www.cuvalo.net
Croatian Coat of Arms on a flag of the fire station in the village of Osekovo in 1930, in the region of Moslavina, west of Zagreb; source Mandica Svirac (ed.): Lepa ti je Moslavina, Krscanska sadasnjost, Zagreb 1998., ISBN 978-953-151-209-4
Crkva Majke Božje Sljemenske - Kraljice Hrvata, Zagreb 1932, ceiling (detail)
The church is not far from the top of the mountain of Medvednica near Zagreb.
Detail from the ceiling of the church of Majka Božja Sljemenska - Kraljice Hrvata, Zagreb, 1932.
Architect Juraj Denzler, with participation of Croatian artists: Radoje Hudoklin, Vanja Radauš, Josip Turkalj, Marta Plazzeriano, Gabrijel Stupica etc.
Majka Božja Sljemenska - Kraljica Hrvata, Zagreb 1932, a detail from the wall
Hrvatski radisa, Zlatne ruke Krizevaca, published in 1934 (from the title page)
Croatian Cultural Jubilees in the town of Vinkovci, 1937
Croatian coat of arms on the City Hall of the town of Trogir with two verses of Croatian Anthem,
placed in 1935, removed by fascists in 1941, placed again thirty years later in 1971,
removed in 1974, and placed again in 1990!
Trogir is one of the most beautiful Croatian cities, and under protection of UNESCO.
Croatian Newspaper and Croatian Venus, 1938
Croatian Peasant Society, a flag from 1938
Croatian Peasant Society, a flag from 1938
A detail from the building of Matica hrvatskih obrtnika (Matrix of Croatian Craftsmen),
Zagreb, Ilica 49 (between Frankopanska street and Britanski trg), built in 1938.
Coat of arms of the Plemenita turopoljska općina - Noble district of Turopolje from 1938
Ive Prčić: Bunjevačke narodne pisme (Bunjevac folk poems), Subotica, 1939.
Ivo Kerdić: Medal of Banovina Hrvatska (Croatian Banovina), 1940.
Grb ministranata 1940, village of Čuntić, Banija, Croatia
Mila Wood (1888-1968): 641-1941, Hrvatska sveta godina - Croatian Sacred Year (medal)
Croatian Encyclopaedia, 1938-1945
with ligature HE (Hrvatska Enciklopedija)
Coat of arms of the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945)
Coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Croatia during the ex-Yugoslav communist period
Autograph of Kristian Krekovic, pintor croata-peruano,
with Croatian and Peruvian coats of arms
Coat of Arms of Kristian Krekovic, composed of centuries old Coats of Arms of Bosnia (lily) and Croatia.
Peruvian Coat of Arms is under them. Painted in 1952 during his sojourn in Peru.
Kristian Kreković's autoportrait from 1950, made in Cuzco in Peru, the old capital of Inca Empire.
A detail from a ceremonial curtain of the Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb, by Krsto Hegedusic, 1969
Coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia (1991) and of the town of Vukovar
A detail from a ceremonial curtain of the Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb, by Ivan Rabuzin
One of our best theoretical physicists was Gaja Alaga (1924-1988), member of the Croatian Nobility from Backa and Bunjevci Croat.
Professor Gaja Alaga on the left, a member of Croatian Nobility. Source www.knjiznica.phy.hr
He worked not only in Zagreb, but also at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Berkeley, Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich etc. In 1955, in cooperation with K. Alder from Switzerland, A. Bohr from Denmark and B. Mottelson from the USA, he discovered the so called K-selection rules and intensity rules for beta and gamma transitions in deformed nuclei.
Christmas 1991
Charles Billich, see source
Zid boli (Wall of Pain) in Zagreb
From the Memorial room dedicated to Croatian defenders of the city of Dubrovnik (the room is in the very centre of Dubrovnik, within the Sponza palace):
Goran Ivanisevic, with Croatian Coat of Arms, early 1990s,
during the most brutal Greater-Serbian attacks on Croatia
liberation of parts of Croatia,
in particular of Lika and Knin, from Greater-Serbian occupation
ensuring safe connection between Zagreb, Zadar, Sibenik, Split, Dubrovnik,...
liberation of Knin,
Croatian town which never in history was a part of the so called Krajina
deblocade of the town of Bihac in BiH,
preventing the tragedy greater than that of Srebrenica in 1995
A stamp issued on the occasion of liberation of the Croatian town of Knin
during the Storm operation in 1995.
From the 2005 burial of Croatian defenders of the city of Vukovar, killed in 1991.
The women in the middle burried the two arms of her husband.
(copyright by Julija Vojkovic)
Don Petar Vuletic, Catholic priest, painter and poet, worked among Croats in Los Angeles (died in 1998).
This portrait made by Srecko Kriste is kept in Ravno, in Eastern Herzegovina, not far from Dubrovnik.
Croatian team won the 2005 Davis Cup Tournament in the final match with Slovakia in Bratislava.
This is one of the greatest achievements in the history of Croatian sport.
Janica Kostelic,
winning the 2006 Women Alpine Ski World Cup super-G race in Bad Kleinkircheheim
(photo by Ruters/Calle Teornstroem)
Glen Boss with Croatian Coat of Arms, riding on the famous mare Makybe Diva, owned by Tony Santic, Australia
Photo by Wayne Taylor
David Diehl, New York Giants, 2008, photo from CROWN
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Kimono Croatia worn in honour of Croatian ambassador Stambuk's birthday
Tokamachi factor, a paradigm for Japan-Croatia emotional attachement
The winning silk kimono named Croatia has been made in Tokamachi in the memory of the Croatian national football team's presence during the World Cup 2002 in Japan. The Mayor's daughter has worn it for the Croatian ambassador's birthday.
For more details see Kimono Croatia
Photo by the courtesy of Dr. Drago Štambuk, ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Japan.
Ivan Mestrovic's St. Jerome in front of the Croatian Embassy, Washington DC, USA
Cravate, photo from www.croata.hr
Grb Primorsko-Goranske županije
Croatian Parliament - Hrvatski Sabor, Zagreb
with an old Croatian coat of arms
References
The Zagreb Cathedral, a detail from the front side, photo from 2008.
A detail from the building of Napredak, Sarajevo, BiH,
Croatian cultural society, photo from 2008.
This web page has almost an impossible task: to answer an insinuation of the BBC (The British Broadcasting Corporation) about the alleged Nazi origin of the Croatian coat of arms. Precisely, in the biography of late Croatian president Franjo Tudjman, offered by the BBC in an unsigned article, it is stated that "...His brand of nationalism included restoring the flags and other symbols used by the old fascist Ustasha regime that had fought alongside the Nazis during World War II." This misrepresentation has done (and is still doing) enormous international damage to Croatia. I have noticed it in 2005, but it exists as such since 1999. It was the only reason why I undertook preparing this web page.
5th Maraton Lada, 2002, Croatian Sports
Formated for CROWN by Darko Žubrinić
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