The № 36 of »Grb i zastava« was printed, in its Volume XVIII, soon to be posted to subscriber addresses. Additional copies of the GiZ you may order from Leykam International. We copy here from the »Editorial«: It is a subjective feeling of mine that a long time has passed since the previous issue of […]
Croatian Museum Society Award to Jasminka Ćus Rukonić
On 15 November 2024, the Croatian Museum Society awarded the Annual Award in the category for a realized publishing project to Jasminka Ćus Rukonić for the monograph Heraldic Heritage of the Cres-Lošinj Islands published by the Cres Museum. The award ceremony was held in the Gorgona Hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.
Professional Visit of the Heraldica Slovenica Society to Zagreb
On Saturday, 9 November 2024 a joint, full-day professional meeting of the Society Heraldica Slovenica (HS) and Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) was co-organized with the Society of Brothers of Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) on the premises of DBHZ headquarters in the Tower over the Stone Gates in Zagreb. Truly impressive and historic, this heraldically […]
The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) received the news with great sadness that the Slovenian heraldist and great friend of our Association Valt Jurečič passed away on 26 September 2024. Valt (he would also sign Walt) was a pivotal figure in Slovenian heraldry and vexillology at the end of the 20th and the beginning […]
Recognition of the Czech Vexillology Society (ČVS) to Heimer
The President of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations FIAV and the President of the HGZD, Željko Heimer, addressed the participants of the 8th Czech National Vexillological Congress (8. ČNVK) held in Prostějov in Moravia, from 4 to 6 October 2024, via video link, with an introductory speech. At the annual assembly held during the […]
During the 30th International Vexillology Congress held from 10 to 20 August 2024 in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China, the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association received a new flag made of high-quality digital printed material, equipped with gold fringes, as a gift from the Vexillological Research Center of China (VRCC). This richly crafted flag […]
President Heimer adressed NAVA 58 meeting
The President of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations FIAV and the President of the HGZD, Željko Heimer, addressed the participants of the 58th annual meeting of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA 58) via video link with an introductory speech, which was held in St. Paul, the capital of the US state of Minnesota, […]
Nazor Čorda on Festival of Artistic Flags Zagreb
At the headquarters of the Brothers of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) in the Tower above the Stone Gate on 18 September 2024, a lecture by Dr. Art. Dijana Nazor Čorda “Festival of Artistic Flags Zagreb (FUZZ)” was held, co-organized by the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society and the Art Section of the DBHZ. The lecture […]
30th International Congress of Vexillology (30ICV), Beijing, PR China, 10-20 August 2024
The 30th International Congress of Vexillology, held in Beijing on 10-20 August 2024, was organized by the Vexillological Research Center of China (VRCC), a FIAV member since 2019. As our readers probably know, these congresses are the height of organized vexillological activity and have been held since 1965 every other year. After ICV 28 San […]
Monograph by Ž. Heimer on Milan Sunko
Vijenac 791 Fine Arts CROATIAN HERALDIC ARTIST MILAN SUNKO (1860‒1891) RIPPED FROM OBLIVION A world-renowned heraldic painter By Mislav Grgić and Željko Heimer Although some of Milan Sunko’s works are preserved in Zagreb museums and galleries, he is known only to connoisseurs of lesser-known painters. A recently published monograph sheds light on his exceptional contributions […]