The flag of the Krizevci County


1711-1740 Red silk damask, wood, brass, painted 90 x 152 cm, staff length 262 cm Double edged cavalry flag with red and blue tassels at the ends. Both sides of the flag field are decorated with painted heraldic emblems. Obverse: in a red medallion edged with laurel wreath Hungarian (?) coat of arms with the motto In hoc signo vinces (Under this sign you will win). Reverse: in a blue medallion edged with a laurel wreath a crowned double-headed eagle, bearing a white shield with the initials of the ruler Charles VI (C VI) on his breast. In his talons he holds the ruler's insignias, a sceptre and a sword. Around the laurel wreath the inscription reads: Deo Carolo VI patriae vexilum fidele inclitae nobilitatis comitatus Crisiensis (To the divine Charles VI the flag of the homeland, the nobility of Krizevci County known for their fidelity). The flagstaff is spirally painted in red and white, and ends in a brass foliate finial with the pierced initials CC (Comitatus Crisiensis). E. Laszowski donated the flag in 1927. J. Borosak-Marijanovic, Zastave kroz stoljeca, Zagreb, 1996, catalogue number 33, page 113.




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