Coat of arms of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Coat of arms of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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| Introduced | 2007 |
| Motto (motto) | Република Српска, Republika Srpska |
| use | Republic of Srpska |
The coat of arms of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the official coat of arms of the entity Republika Srpska .
description
Two golden oak branches (the oak is traditionally sacred to the Serbs) enclose a tricolor in the Pan-Slavic colors white-blue-red.
On the tricolor are the two letters РС; these are the Cyrillic initials for the Republika Srpska ( Р епублика С рпска). Around the oak branches is written Republika Srpska in Cyrillic and Latin script . Below the tricolor is the crown of the house of Kotromanić .
Coat of arms dispute
The coat of arms, which was valid until 2007, showed a double-headed eagle with a Serbian cross on its chest. The coat of arms was based on the coat of arms of the House of Karađorđević and is still in use today in a similar form in Serbia .
In May 2006, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the coat of arms of the Republika Srpska to be unconstitutional because it discriminated against the Bosniaks and Croats in the Republika Srpska. As a result, the new coat of arms was presented in June 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ New coat of arms of the Republika Srpska unconstitutional. In: Der Standard , accessed on May 18, 2012
- ↑ Balkan view of the coat of arms dispute . Accessed May 18, 2012