Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (until 1929: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ) arose from the coats of arms of the Serbs , Croats and Slovenes that had been in use until then .
description
In red a gold reinforced , goldgezungter silver double-headed eagle with applied coat of arms , on the right of the red shield quartered by a silver continuous cross , each one raised golden fire steel bewinkelt is (Serbia) and left of the red-white geschachte plate (Croatia) against lies and the blue The base of the shield shows a silver crescent moon with three gold stars above it (Slovenia). On the shield, surrounded by the red hermelin-lined heraldic tent with a royal crown , is also the royal crown.
Symbolism : The coat of arms represented the three peoples of the kingdom: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Bosniaks , or Muslims, were referred to as Muslim Serbs or Muslim Croats. Macedonians and Montenegrins were referred to as Serbs and Albanians were not considered a minority.
The new coat of arms was formed from the Serbian cross , the Croatian Šahovnica and the Slovenian coat of arms , which at that time consisted of three six-pointed stars over a pile . The most important difference was that the coat of arms was divided into three parts: the shield of the coat of arms of Serbia , the coat of arms of Croatia and the coat of arms of Slovenia at that time .