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by Ivan Sarajcic, 14 Febuary 2003
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Banner of arms of municipality of Ugljevik in Republic of
Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ivan Sarajcic, 14 Febuary 2003
The way the diamonds are shown "in three dimension"
on the flag by using three different shades of blue is extremely
elegant, but is it "heraldically correct"?
I believe that, at least in western heraldry, the shade of the
metals is not specified and does not matter. So how would the
diamonds be blazoned?
Ivan Sache, 14 Febuary 2003
The article signed by D. Acovic appears on page 1 in the
number 7, July 2001 of Glasnik SHD (Sreb Heraldic Society
Gazette). Summarizing: On 27-July-2001 Municipal Aseembly
adoptede the CoA: divided per saltire: first or a winged bull
gules, second vert an oak branch per pale or, third vert a plum
branch or per pale, fourth sable two hammers argent in saltire.
The bull of St. Luke symbolize the Monastery of Teochak in the
vicinity. The name Ugljevik might be translated as "Place of
the Coal", green and black in the CoA is reminding to
minoer's too. The greater CoA includes compartment of green field
withen mine entrance and two supporters, dexter a folk bard
(Filip Višnjić) holding the Serb tricolour and sinister a
minoer in ceremonial uniform, holding the flag of Ugljevik.
The flag of Ugljevik is one of the rare examples in the modern
Serb heraldry that is not based on the coat of arms and that
includes entirely different elements: White a fess wavy azure
between three diamonds sable. The wavy stripe is standing for
local river Janja. The black diamonds are said to be
standard heraldical symbols for coal wealth. They are indeed
shown as faceted, but unlike the Ivan's image shou, they should
be black (or rather gray of several shades to hint the
three-dimensionality).
Zeljko Heimer, 15 Febuary 2003
Ivan Sache asked whether the use of three different
shades of blue is heraldically correct. Without having seen the
illustration I cannot give an entirely informed comment, but I
can say that the heraldic tradition permits the use of artistic
devices that enable one to perceive textures or outlines. If the
shades of blue give the impression of the shape of these
"diamonds"
(whether gemstones or simply heraldic lozenges), they are within
the tradition. This does not prevent an artist drawing the same
arms from using just a single shade. But with a flag it is
probably something fixed, and would then cross the line from
heraldry to vexillology.
Mike Oettle, 17 Febuary 2003