Coats of arms of the Yugoslav socialist republics were defined by each of its six constituent republics. Coat of arms appeared as a symbol of statehood on the documents of republical level, for example on the signs of the republical institutions, on watermarks of school diplomas, etc.
The individual coats of arms of the six Yugoslav socialist republics were as follows:
The coats of arms included old historical coats of arms where they somehow compatible with the new socialist political system - see Croatian and Serbian traditional emblem in the middle of their CoA; also Slovenian mount Triglav was recognized as a symbol of Slovenian Liberation Front during the National Liberation War during World War II. Where the old symbols were deemed unappropriate (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro) or unavailable (Macedonia), prominent features or unofficial national symbols were added, eg. mount Lovcen for Montenegro, chimneys for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In a similar fashion to the federal Yugoslav emblem all republical coats of arms featured a red star and wheat or other important plants of the region.
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