Coats of arms of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics

Coat of arms of Socialist Yugoslavia

Coats of arms of the Yugoslav socialist republics were defined by each of its six constituent republics. Coat of arms 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 coats of arms included old historical coats of arms where they could to 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 on the Serbian coat of arms, ethnic or religious coat of arms for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former traditionally monarchist symbolism for Montenegro or the historical lion for Macedonia), prominent features or unofficial national symbols were added, eg. mount Lovćen for Montenegro, chimneys for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In a similar fashion to the federal Yugoslav emblem all republical coats of arms featured a red star and wheat or other important plants of the region.

Nowadays only Macedonia still uses the socialist coat of arms.

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

Republic	Emblem	Main article	Republic-specific features		Present-day national coat of arms
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina		Coat of Arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Plants		File:Bosnia and Herzegovina Coats of Arms modified.svg Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
			Landscapes, geographic features	Silhouette of Jajce
			Industry	two factory chimneys
			Ornaments	red track
SR Croatia	File:CoA of SR Croatia.png	Coat of arms of Croatia	Plants	wheat	Coat of arms of Croatia
			Landscapes, geographic features	Adriatic Sea, rising sun
			Industry	anvil
			Ornaments	Chequy (šahovnica)
SR Macedonia		Coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia	Plants	wheat, tobacco, poppy buds	Coat of arms of Macedonia
			Landscapes, geographic features	River Vardar, Mount Korab & sunrise
			Industry
			Ornaments	garlands, ribbon, embroidery with traditional Macedonian motives
SR Montenegro		Coat of arms of Montenegro	Plants	laurel wreath	Coat of arms of Montenegro
			Landscapes, geographic features	chapel of Lovćen, Adriatic Sea
			Industry
			Ornaments	Tricolour of Pan-Slavic colors
SR Serbia		Coat of arms of Serbia	Plant		Coat of arms of Serbia
			Landscapes, geographic features	sunrise
			Industry
			Ornaments	red track, Serbian traditional symbol
SR Slovenia		Coat of arms of Slovenia	Plants	wheat, leaves of linden	Coat of arms of Slovenia
			Landscapes, geographic features	Triglav, sea, rivers
			Industry
			Ornaments	red track

See also

• Coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Flags of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics
• Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics