In Zagreb, in the Tower over the Stone Gates, the seat of the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ), the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association, on the occasion of the World Vexillology Day, organized the presentation of Daniela Kušpilić’s book “Flags from the Stern, Mast and Bow: Catalog of the Collection of Flags and Signal […]
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Commemorative postage stamps “Croatian flags” presented, 5 June 2023.
In the Tower over the Stone Gates in Zagreb, on 5 June 2023, the Croatian Heraldric and Vexillological Association (HGZD), the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon Society (DBHZ) and Croatian postal authority HP – Hrvatska pošta d. d. held a ceremony promoting the new issue of postage stamps of the Republic of Croatia […]
Exhibition of the Rijeka flag in the LC Pećine, 12 April 2023
The exhibition “Rijeka Flags Through History and Today” by Željko Heimer was opened in the Pećine Local Committee. The incentive for the systematic research of the city flag came from the Association of the Free State of Rijeka, which for years supported the initiative for the city to receive a historical tricolor as the official […]
Catalog of the Collection of Flags and signal Flags of the Croatian Maritime Museum Split
The Flags from Stern, Mast and Bow catalog deals with the Collection of flags and signal flags, being among the most numerous collections of the Croatian Maritime Museum Split in terms of the number of artifacts, more precisely it numbers 298 objects. These were mostly inherited from the maritime museums that existed in Split from […]
New Book – Jareb: From Checkerboard to Tricolor
Mario Jareb’s monograph From Checkerboard to Tricolor: Development and Use of the Croatian Coat of Arms and Flag Throughout the Centuries was recently published in two editions – Croatian and English. It provides a concise but scientifically based review of the history of the Croatian coat of arms and flag—a compendium of all the important […]
Lecture on Norwegian Flags, 28. 6. 2022.
The 18th lecture in the “Flags – Identity of Peoples and Countries” cycle was held in the Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies (KHDP) as the 1603 KHDP tribune event. The cycle is held under the auspices of the president of Republic Zoran Milanović, and it is continued with this even after a longer break due […]
NAVA 56, St. Augustine, Florida 2022 Annual Meeting
North American Vexillological Assocation (NAVA) held its 56th annual meeting in Saint Augustine, Florida, as a combined personal presence and on-line streaming participants joined through videolinks. The annual meeting in St. Augustine was originally planned as NAVA 54 for 2020, after the 28 International Congress of Vexillology San Antonio, Texas, that was also the NAVA […]
Presentation of Publications on the Occasion of Croatian Flag Day 2022
In the Tower above the Stone Gates, the seat of the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon” Society (DBHZ), in the traditional slot of draconian events on Wednesday, 8 June 2022, and on the occasion of the Croatian Flag Day on 5 June, a presentation of several publications related to that occasion. Namely, four years ago […]
Commemorative Book of the 170th Anniversary of Croatian Tricolor Issued
Four years ago, four national institutions engaged in the research and preservation of the national symbolic heritage, each in its own way: the Croatian Historical Museum (HPM), the Croatian Institute of History (HIP), the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society (HGZD) and the “Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon” Society (DBHZ) declared 5 June as the Day […]
Croatian Post, Inc. has accepted HGZD’s proposal to publish a series of postage stamps in 2023 on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Croatian tricolor. Croatian Flag Day (June 5) was jointly established in 2018 by four national institutions (the Croatian Institute of History, Croatian History Museum, Society of Brethren of the Croatian […]