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The national symbols of the Czech Republic are flags, heraldry, cultural expressions and other symbols that represent the Czech Republic, Czech people and their history, culture and nationhood. There are six official symbols which are declared in the Constitution of the Czech Republic. However many other historical, cultural and geographical ...
Banner represents the Czech Land Forces. Obverse side shows same insignia of the greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic same for all branches of the Army. Reverse side shows emblem of Czech Land Forces with golden linden leaves. 1:1 1993: Banner of the Czech Air Force: Banner represents the Czech Air Forces.
Armiger: Czech Republic: Adopted: 17 December 1992: Shield: Quarterly: first and fourth gules, a lion rampant queue forchée argent armed, langued and crowned Or (Bohemia); second azure, an eagle displayed chequé gules and argent armed, langued and crowned Or (Moravia); third Or, an eagle displayed sable armed and langued gules crowned of the field and charged on the breast with a crescent ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Czech Republic (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "National symbols of the Czech Republic" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic includes the arms of Bohemia with the Bohemian lion, Moravia with a chequered eagle, and Silesia with a black eagle.. Czech heraldry was formed from 12th to 13th century by Premyslid dukes and kings of Bohemia, beginning with flaming eagle of Saint Wenceslaus on coins of Duke Frederick in 1179.
Another Czech official symbol is the standard of the president of the Czech Republic. It was first introduced in 1918 for the president of Czechoslovakia. The current version, which was designed by heraldist Jiří Louda, [10] was adopted upon the creation of an independent Czech Republic in 1993.
Although the colours weren't recognized official symbol in the Socialist Constitution from the 1960, the colours still remained in usage, especially during manifestations – such as the Prague Spring or the Velvet Revolution. The colours are recognized as one of the official symbols of the independent Czech Republic from 1993.
The flag was adopted in reaction to the adoption of separate Slovak symbols. However, the Czech flag was used much less than the wider flag of Czechoslovakia, whereas the flag of Slovakia (then without coat of arms and thus identical to flag of the World War II Slovak Republic [9]) was widely used in Slovakia. This difference mirrored ...