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by Zeljko Heimer



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The coat of arms is a modernisation of the old arms of Sisak, granted in XVIII century. The flag is quartered by a white cross in blue and green, with the coat of arms in the middle. It is not known if the design is approved by the Ministry of Administration. Another flag - blue over green with thin white stripe in between and coat of arms in the middle was also reported - status unknown.
Source:
Author's observations on the streets of Sisak, 1997.
Zeljko Heimer


Coat of Arms


by Zeljko Heimer


Historical Flag of the 1st Croatian and Slavonian Veteran Society of Archduke Joseph in Sisak - after 1874

Historical Flag of the 1st Croatian and Slavonian Veteran Society of Archduke Joseph in Sisak - after 1874
Double yellow silk brocade, tassels, oak, relief embroidery, applique, carving
146 x 186 cm, length of staff 360 cm

Rectangular flag with a border of embroidered black triangles and tassels on the ends. Obverse: in the centre of the field in separate cartouches the coats of arms of Croatia and Slavonia surmounted by a crown. The inscription around the coats of arms reads: I hrv.slav, veteransko druztvo 'Nadvojvode Josipa' u Sisku. Reverse: bust of Emperor Francis Joseph I with the motto: Za kralja i domovinu! The flag is fixed to the staff with brass studs. The natural coloured staff had a finial that has not been preserved.

The flag was donated to the National Museum by the First Croatian and Slavonian Veterans' Society from Sisak.

J. Borosak-Marijanovic, Zastave kroz stoljeca, Zagreb, 1996, catalogue number 80, page 137.

From Croatian History Museum site by courtesy of Jelena Borosak Marijanovic.
Bigger images at: http://jagor.srce.hr/hpm/m013300v.jpg and http://jagor.srce.hr/hpm/m013301v.jpg






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