Republic of Croatia (Socialist Yugoslavia)

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Flag of Socialist Croatia - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 July 2006

• Flag of Socialist Croatia
• Coat of arms of Socialist Croatia

See also:

• Socialist Yugoslavia
• Republics in Socialist Yugoslavia
• Croatia

Flag of Socialist Croatia

Croatia (People's Republic of, Narodna Republika Hrvatska, until 1963; then Socialist Republic, Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska until 1991) had a standard Croatian red-white-blue flag with a yellow bordered red star, officially adopted on 18 January 1947, officially abandoned on 25 June 1990.

Quoting the the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, adopted on 22 February 1974:

Chapter I.
Article 7.
The flag of the Socialist Republic of Croatia consists of three colours: red, white and blue, with a red five-pointed star in the centre. The relation of width to length of the flag is 1:2. The colours of the flag are placed horizontally in the following order from the top: red, white and blue. Each colour covers one third of the flag width. The star has a regular five-pointed shape and a golden (yellow) border. The central point of the star corresponds with the point of intersection of the diagonals of the flag. The upper branch of the star enters up to one half of the red colour of the flag. The lower branches of the star are also getting the adequate place in the blue colour of the flag.

Coat of arms of Socialist Croatia

Coat of arms of Socialist Croatia - Image by Željko Heimer, 28 September 2004, adapted from the WIPO IPDL database

Quoting the the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, adopted on 22 February 1974:

Chapter I.
Article 6.
The coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Croatia is field encircled with two golden bundles of grain spikes. In the lower part of the field is an iron anvil. Above it the main sea gently heaves. From the sea raise the historical Croatian arms and above them is the sun. In the lower part bundles of grain spikes are joined and interlaced, so their composition surrounds the base of the anvil. Between the top of the spikes is a five-pointed star with a golden lining, which has its lower branches directed to the field of the coat of arms.