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by Zeljko Heimer, 27 June 2003
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Mali Lošinj is situated on the island of the same name
(Losinj) in Primorsko-goranska county, south east of Istria
peninsula. In the adminstraive reorganization of Croatia in 1993,
it was given the status of a community, but the city status was
returned in 1997.
The Coat of Arms of M. Losinj must originate
from sometime in 19th centruy, when this port take the bigger
importance then the nearby Veli Losinj ("veli" meaning
- greater, "mali" lesser, though these attributes are
no longer accurate). It is the shield showing the threemasted
sailling ship. I have not found the exact data of granting, but
it seems that such Coat of Arms in different artistical
redentions was used throughout 20th century (one such
representation can be seen in Zmajic's "Heraldika").
The modern artistic redention is adopted sometime in early 1990's
(probably when ML still had a community status, and maybe it was
readopted in 1997). It consists of a blue shield bordered with a
golden border, in the shield sailing a three-masted ship proper
(maroon) with golden sails. In many cases I have seen the
"golden" to be represented by pure o