Emblems of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics

The emblems of the Yugoslav socialist republics were defined by each of its six constituent republics. Emblems appeared as a symbol of statehood on the documents of republican level, for example on the signs of the republican institutions, on watermarks of school diplomas, etc.

The emblems included old historical symbols where they could demonstrate historical compatibility with the new socialist political system – see Croatian and Serbian traditional emblem in the middle of their coats of arms; also Slovenian Mount Triglav was recognized as a symbol of Slovenian Liberation Front during the National Liberation War during World War II. Where the old symbols were deemed inappropriate (the traditional cross or eagle on the Serbian coat of arms, ethnic or religious coat of arms for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former traditionally monarchist symbol or the historical lion for Montenegro or the historical lion for Macedonia), prominent features or unofficial national symbols were added, e.g. Mount Lovćen for Montenegro, or a pair of chimneys for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The same with the federal Yugoslav emblem: all separate republican emblems featured a red star and wheat, or other important plants from that region.

While most republics adopted new official arms during the breakup of Yugoslavia, Serbia (as a constituent state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) retained the emblem from the Yugoslav era until 2004. The present-day arm of North Macedonia is still near identical to the Yugoslav one.

The individual emblems of the six Yugoslav socialist republics were as follows:

Republic	Emblem	Author	Republic-specific features		Present-day coat of arms
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Unknown	Plants	Conifer twig (left), Deciduous twig (right), two sheaves of wheat (lower middle portion)	Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
			Landscapes, geographic features	Silhouette of Jajce
			Industry	two factory chimneys
			Ornaments	red ribbon
Croatia		Antun Augustinčić and Vanja Radauš [1]	Plants	Wheat	Coat of arms of Croatia
			Landscapes, geographic features	Adriatic Sea, rising sun
			Industry	Iron anvil
			Ornaments	Chequy
Macedonia		Vasilije Popović–Cico  [ mk ] [2]	Plants	Garland of wheat, tobacco leaves and poppy buds	Emblem of North Macedonia
			Landscapes, geographic features	River Vardar, Mount Korab, sunrise, sky
			Industry	–
			Ornaments	ribbon with traditional Macedonian embroidery
Montenegro		Milan Božović  [ hr ] [3] and Milo Milunović [3]	Plants	laurel wreath	Coat of arms of Montenegro
			Landscapes, geographic features	Mount Lovćen, [4] Adriatic Sea
			Industry	–
			Ornaments	Montenegrin [4] tricolour of Pan-Slavic colors
Serbia		Đorđe Andrejević Kun	Plant	sheaf of wheat (left), sheaf of oak leaves with acorns (right)	Coat of arms of Serbia
			Landscapes, geographic features	sunrise, sky
			Industry	cog-wheel
			Ornaments	red track (with inscriptions), Serbian traditional symbol
Slovenia		Branko Simčič  [ sl ]	Plants	wheat, leaves of linden	Coat of arms of Slovenia
			Landscapes, geographic features	Triglav, sea [5]
			Industry	–
			Ornaments	red ribbon

See also

• Emblem of Yugoslavia
• Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Coat of arms of Croatia
• Emblem of North Macedonia
• Coat of arms of Montenegro
• Coat of arms of Serbia
• Coat of arms of Slovenia
• Socialist-style emblems

References

1. Stuparić, Darko. Diplomati izvan protokola : ambasadori Titove Jugoslavije, Centar za kulturnu djelatnost Saveza socijalističke omladine Zagreba, Zagreb, 1978., p. 75.
2. Jonovski, Jovan. Coats of arms of Macedonia, Macedonian Herald, Electronic Version, heraldika.org.mk, No. 3, March 2009, p. 9.
3. Markuš, Jovan B. Grbovi, zastave i himne u istoriji Crne Gore (Библиотека Свети Петар Цетињски), "Svetigora" (Izdavačko-informativna ustanova Mitropolije Crnogorsko-primorske), Cetinje, 2007., p. 47-48., ISBN   978-86-7660-054-0
4. Excerpt from the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro (1963) in: Guć, Nedeljko. (ed.) Društveno-političko uređenje, pravosuđe, uprava, (Zbirke propisa I-IV), knj. 1, Prosveta, Beograd, 1967, p. 303.

   Члан 7.
   Грб Социјалистичке Републике Црне Горе представља поље окружено ловоровим вијенцем који је доље повезан црногорском заставом. Између врхова ловоровог вијенца је петокрака црвена звијезда, а у средини поља представљен је Ловћен. Позади Ловћена с неколико вијуга представљено је Јадранско море.

   — Guć, 1967, 303

5. 8. člen Ustave Socialistične republike Slovenije (1974)