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Article: Croatia a small country but not a small people. (Feature Article).
- Article from:
- DISAM Journal
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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CROATIAN FLAG
The coat-of-arms of the Republic of Croatia is a historical Croatian symbol in the form of a shield decorated with red and white (silver) fields, of which the first field in the upper left-hand corner is red. Above the shield, there is a crown with five smaller shields bearing historical Croatian coats-of-arms representing (from left to right): the oldest known Croatian coat-of-arms, the Dubrovnik Republic, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia. The coat-of-arms of the Republic of Croatia is placed at the center of the flag which has three horizontal stripes: red, white, and blue.
The Republic of Croatia, situated on the crossroads between Central ...
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