Coat of Arms of Macedonia (FYROM) Proposal
Posted: 14 Aug 2018, 18:02
Hello! Over the past couple of weeks, I have been sketching and tweaking a couple of proposals for a 'new' coat of arms of the (former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia.
The common basic design of the achievements is inspired by the works of Vasilie Popoviḱ-Cico, the author of the second coat of arms of the People's/Socialist Republic (the current emblem plus the Yugoslav Star on top, on an oval silver shield), and Miroslav Grčev, who had designed the current sun-adorned flag of the Republic.
Proposal no 1 (on an "Iberian" escutcheon -- hope I got the blazon right): Gules, a bordure or, issuant from water in base barry wavy gules and argent a mountain argent, in chief a sun in its splendour or.
Proposal no 2 (on a heater-style escutcheon): Gules, issuant from water in base barry wavy azure and argent a mountain argent, in chief a sun in its splendour or.
(Only after I had finished colouring in the second variant did I realise it 'resembled' the symbols of British Columbia and Kiribati -- honest!)
The 24-rayed sun stands for "[t]he new sun of freedom", as mentioned in the official anthem of the Republic, Denes nad Makedonija ("Today over Macedonia"). The five-peaked mountain is a stylised rendition of Mt Ljuboten, a peak of the Šar Mountains lying on the Kosovo-Macedonia border. Lastly, the wavy stripes of alternating red/blue and silver represent the longest river in Macedonia, the Vardar river.
All suggestions and criticism are more than welcome!
The common basic design of the achievements is inspired by the works of Vasilie Popoviḱ-Cico, the author of the second coat of arms of the People's/Socialist Republic (the current emblem plus the Yugoslav Star on top, on an oval silver shield), and Miroslav Grčev, who had designed the current sun-adorned flag of the Republic.
Proposal no 1 (on an "Iberian" escutcheon -- hope I got the blazon right): Gules, a bordure or, issuant from water in base barry wavy gules and argent a mountain argent, in chief a sun in its splendour or.
Proposal no 2 (on a heater-style escutcheon): Gules, issuant from water in base barry wavy azure and argent a mountain argent, in chief a sun in its splendour or.
(Only after I had finished colouring in the second variant did I realise it 'resembled' the symbols of British Columbia and Kiribati -- honest!)
The 24-rayed sun stands for "[t]he new sun of freedom", as mentioned in the official anthem of the Republic, Denes nad Makedonija ("Today over Macedonia"). The five-peaked mountain is a stylised rendition of Mt Ljuboten, a peak of the Šar Mountains lying on the Kosovo-Macedonia border. Lastly, the wavy stripes of alternating red/blue and silver represent the longest river in Macedonia, the Vardar river.
All suggestions and criticism are more than welcome!