»Grb i zastava« № 34 Issued

The № 34 of »Grb i zastava« was printed, in its Volume XVII, soon to be posted to subscriber addresses. Additional copies of the GiZ you may order from Leykam International. We copy here from the »Editorial«: Dear Reader, An editor is considered lucky if the hardest task he has is to write the editorial. […]

Philatelic Exhibition at UFRI, Rijeka, 6 – 20 October 2023

The Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Rijeka (UFRI), the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) and the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) organized the Philatelic Exhibition “Postal Stamps of the Republic of Croatia with Statehood Motifs”, October 6 – 20, 2023 , in the UFRI lobby (Sveučilišna avenija 6, […]

Book Promotion: Flags from Stern, Mast and Bow, 27.9.2023

In Zagreb, in the Tower over the Stone Gates, the seat of the Society of Brethren 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 […]

On Flags of Football Clubs at the Conference in Rijeka on 8 September 2023

President of HGZD Željko Heimer and Željko Ševerdija, a member of HGZD from Rijeka, held a presentation on the flags and symbols of football clubs from Croatia that participated in the highest level of national club competitions (i.e. in the premiere league), in Rijeka on September 8, 2023 at conference “Football Day through a legal, […]

Ćus Rukonić Book Promotion in Rijeka

After the presentation in Cres and Mali Lošinj last month, Jasminka Ćus Rukonić’s monograph “heraldic Heritage of the Cres-Lošinj Islands” was presented in Rijeka on 6 July 2023. The presentation was held in the beautiful Marble Hall, the so-called The Governor’s Palace, or the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Rijeka. At the […]

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 Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) and Croatian postal authority HP – Hrvatska pošta d. d. held a ceremony promoting the new issue of postage stamps of the Republic of […]

Exhibition of the Rijeka flag in the LC Pećine, 12 April 2023

Riječke zastave u MO Pećine

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 […]

Lecture on Heraldic Artist Milan Sunko, Zagreb, 18 January 2023

Predavanje Heimer 'Sunko' 18.01.2023.

During the customarly Wensdays dragon feasts (events, lectures) in the Tower over the Stone gates on 18 January 2023, a lecture entitled “Milan Sunko – (almost) forgotten heraldic artist of world renown who was revered by the old dragons” was held by Master of Ceremonies of the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon, Lt. […]