Definition of Flag
The red, white and blue colors are Slavic colors and are also used by a lot of other Slavic countries, such as Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, etc. There was a Croatian writer who saw something else in the colours of the Croatian flag. Red is representing the blood that many Croatians have lost when they fought for their country, White is representing the peace in the country, and Blue is representing the subjection to God ( because we Croats are very religious, we’re all Catholics ). The coat of arms of Croatia consists of one main shield and five smaller shields which form a crown over the main shield. The main coat of arms is a checkerboard ( chequy ) that consists of 13 red and 12 silvers ( white ) fields. It’s commonly known as šahovnica ( “Chessboard” , from šah, “chess” in Croatian .) The five smaller shields represent five different historical regions that comprise Croatia. the oldest known Croatian coat of arms: a golden six-pointed star (representing the mornign star) over a silver moon on a blue shield. It is also representing the Croatian capital, Zagreb. An older coat of arms of the Republic of Dubrovnik : two red stripes on a dark blue shield.the coat of arms of Slavonia: two silver stripes on blue shield(representing the rivers Drava and Sava that mark the northern and the southern border of Slavonia), between them on a red field a black, running marten (kuna border of Slavonia), between them on a red field a black, running marten (kuna in Croatian - note national currency is related to the marten - Croatian kuna), above a six-pointed, golden star. This coat was to Slavonia was officially recognised by king Ladislaus Jagiello in 1496.