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The coat of arms is basically the same as the one granted in
1809 by king Francis I, today in much simplified form. In blue
field a silver bridge with a tower, above it an escutcheon Argent
an Arm embowed Gules holding a Sabre proper. The coat of arms
bordered golden is set in the middle of a landesfarben
style flag of white over blue bicolour. The colours are those
from the coat of arms. The flag is also used in long vertical
version, occasionally without the coat of arms, too. The flag was
used in such way much before 1990's.
Željko Heimer
image from the site
of the land museum of Osijek, located by Dov Gutterman,
25 August 1999
This is the site of the land museum of Osijek. The flag shown
on the mentioned page is the flag of the Bakers' Guild from year
1800.
There is no any other info on the flag there. Its shape is, I
guess, typical for the period - and based on chivalry guidons.
Blue colour may have (and then may not) reference to the city
(which traditional colour is blue), and the flag contains
painting of a saint, I guess, the patron saint of the guild (but
I couldn't tell which one). I would also guess the reverse (or
obverse, if you want) would have some other picture in that
place. There is some kind of heraldic device in the lower hoist
corner of the painted part, but I can hardly recognize what it
is.
Željko Heimer, 26 August 1999
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image by Željko Heimer
I would suggest you take a look at: <museum.mdc.hr>
with illustration from the document declairing Osijek a
"free royal city" (that is under royal protection and
with certain privileges), which is also the document that granted
the coat of arms. The current coat of arms which you can see on
the flag is based on the one from 1809.
Željko Heimer, 26 August 1999