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by Zeljko Heimer, 24 September 1999
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I located a photo at <www.2mwg.hr>.
Do yo recognize the symbol ? Is it a flag ?
Dov Gutterman, 23 September 1999
Yes, I can identify it. It is the coat of arms of the city of
Split. It is a rectangular "shield" with representation
of the old city - the Diocletian's Palace with characteristic
tower of St. Duje, the patron of the city, which is also
represneted in the sinister shield, while there is the Croatian
chequy shield in dexter. The Croatian chequy is often left
blue-white, but obviously this is not the official policy . The
stone relief with the Coat of Arms is set in the main entrance to
the palace at some time (certainly before 1990, but possibly much
before). also, it may be worth of mentioning that the same Coat
of Arms was used during the socialist period with the fivepointed
red star in place of the Croatian chequy (not in shield form), as
I can prove from some post-cards of 1970's.
However, this
