Republic of Serbian Krajina

In the last no. of "Limes" (an Italian review about geopolitics) is enclosed a reproduction of the "official map of Serbian Republic of Krajina" (I have not it here so I cannot quote the original title in Serbian). On the top there are:

the coat-of-arms of the Republic

the coat-of-arms of the Army

the flag of Serbia

The coat-of-arms are typically Serbain (gules, a cross argent between four "C" argent, over all a two-headed eagle argent; details I will send in a future message) and just presented as coat-of-arms of the Republic and Army; the flag is not presented a t all, only shown so I am not totally sure that it is the official flag. If it is the official flag it confirms the will to join Serbia.
giuseppe bottasini 10-AUG-1995

I have seen a representation of a supposed Krajina flag which was like that of Serbia (no surprise there!) in that it was a red-blue-white tricolour. In the middle were two crossed yellow swords. The other, perhaps more likely alternative, for Krajina is the flag used by the Bosnian Serbs. This is the tricolour with a white (sometimes yellow) cross in the middle. In each quarter a 'C' facing outwards. The four 'Cs' (actually, they are Cyrillic 'Ss' stand for 'Only Unity Saves the Serbs' in Serbian - a slogan used by supporters of greater Serbia.
stuart notholt 23-AUG-1995

Croatian state never recognized any Serb state in Croatia, so it did'n recognized any flag or currency. The fact is that while it was occupaied there were several "Serb Krayina" flags in use, all based on Serbian flag: horisontal tricolore red, blue, w hite with some symbols in the middle. From the beginning of rebelion usual design was a yellow cross streching both up in red and down in white strip, with four letters C (beeing letter S in cyrrilic) two of them fliped vertically:

        |
      ) | C
     ---+---
      ) | C
        |

This is a simplification of serbian coat of arms. Letters C are in fact the lights used to hang before an icon, but they are long ago interpreted also as abbreviation for: "Samo sloga Srbina spasava" - Only concord saves the Serbs. Sometimes this flag is interpreted as a flag of Serbian orthodox church.

After they proclamed "Republic of Serbian Krajina" they took a coat-of arms slight different from Serbian one: Two headed white eagle holding blue shield with white cross and four C (in fact beeing a light to hang before an icon). Beneath the word "KRA JINA". That coat of arms was then used as a simbol in the middle of the flag. Design was quite changable. ON the stamps from 1993 of "Rep. of Serbian Krajina" the shield is red (as it is in proper Serbian coat of arms.)

They were using money printed in Belgrade the same in design as of the money used by Bosnian Serbs, but the name of state. The coat of arms seen there has the same design without the word Krajina, and with two flour-de-lis between eagles legs. On some of banknotes there is a crown abowe. (by the way the biggest nomination I heve seen on this money is 50 000 000 000 i.e. 5E+10).

After the breakdown of the "state" there is used just Croatian flag and currency. In a part of Croatia still occupaied, Eastern Slavonia and Baranya, they still use similar Serb flags, as I have seen on TV. If they are using any currency other than "Yu goslav" dinars, I don't now.

Coat of arms of RSK