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 […]

»Grb i zastava« № 35 Issued

The № 35 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«: I’ll start right away without any false modesty with the joy that the two books I’ve been working […]

Croatian and Swedish flags – on the occasion of Croatian Flag Day on June 5th and Swedish Flag Day on June 6th

In the dome of the Zagreb City Library on Starčević Square in Zagreb, organized by the Croatian-Swedish Society and the Libraries of the City of Zagreb, a lecture by Željko Heimer was held on the occasion of Croatian Flag Day on June 5 and Swedish Flag Day on June 6. The lecture compared the historical […]

Exhibition “Postage stamps of the Republic of Croatia with state-building motifs” in Gospić

The exhibition “Postage stamps of the Republic of Croatia with state-building motifs” was opened on June 4, 2024 at the “Dr. Ante Starčević” Open University in Gospić. The exhibition was set up on the occasion of the 176th anniversary of the Croatian tricolor, which is celebrated on June 5, and was originally set up at […]

Handbook for Students “Croatian Heraldic Heritage I. – Selected Topics”

Edited and prepared by Prof. emer. dr. h. c. Mirjana Matijević Sokol and associate professor Dr. Tomislav Galović, Croatian Heraldic Heritage I. – Selected Topics, is a historiographically relevant and well-structured selection of texts on Croatian heraldic heritage created by the work of sixteen authors. The work covers 362 pages and is equipped with an […]

Lecture on “Croatian flags from the Thirty Years’ War”

On May 21, 2024, the President of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association Željko Heimer, held a lecture on “Croatian flags from the Thirty Years’ War – in the Swedish Military Museum in Stockholm” in cooperation with the Croatian-Swedish Society, at the premises of the Croatian Nobility Association, Teslina ul. 13/1, Zagreb. Lecture summary Croatian […]