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by Janko Ehrlich - Zdvorak, 26 August 2001
by Janko Ehrlich - Zdvorak, 26 August 2001
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In 1945 was the time when Partisan movement still had to
collaborate with the Yugoslav Royal Government, which was in
exile in London since 1941, and legal status of the government in
Yugoslavia (and in Croatia too) was a little bit
"fluid". So, the name of new state was Demokratska
Jugoslavija (Democratic Yugoslavia) and a little bit later
Demokratska federativna Jugoslavija (Democratic Federative
Yugoslavia). Such transitional period existed until November 29,
1945 when the Constitutional Assembly declared Federativna
narodna republika Jugoslavija (Federative People's Republic o
Yugoslavia).
The first emblem was found it on an old document, issued
immediately after the liberation of Zagreb (May 8, 1945). It is a
seal with an inscription Federalna država Hrvatska (Federal
State of Croatia) over a coat-of-arms in the centre and Tehnički
fakultet, Zagreb (Technical Faculty, Zagreb) below. The another
one was pictured on a tax stamp. Note the difference in type of
the star. That means that they changet it very shortly after the
war. The seal is issued earlier.
That means that in the same time each republic become Narodna
r