Former coat of arms
| Coat of arms of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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| Armiger | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Adopted | 1996 (relinquished 2007) |
| Shield | The coat of arms is in the shape of a shield. The shield is always outlined with a golden-yellow colour, except for the Croatian Coat of arms, which is outlined in red. The shield is separated into 2 halves in colour; white at the top, blue at the bottom. Besides that, it has 3 parts; the upper left part contains a fleur-de-lis contained in a field of green. In the upper right part is the historical Croatian coat of arms. In the lower half in a blue field are 10 six-pointed stars of white colour arranged in a circle. The coat of arms and also its upper and lower half are outlined with a stripe of golden-yellow colour. |
The federation did have its own coat of arms between 1996 and 2007 when the flag and coat of arms of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were abolished by a decision made by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1] The federation has not yet adopted a new flag or coat of arms, instead the symbols of the central state are used for official purposes as a provisional solution. [2]
The green background and the golden fleur-de-lis represented the Bosniaks, while the chequy shield represented the Bosnian Croats. The ten stars arranged in a circle represented the 10 cantons of the Federation and there is a great resemblance to twelve-starred flag of Europe.
