Coat of arms of Slavonia granted in 1496 - Pursuant to the Charter bestowed by the King Ladislaus II Jagiello on December 8, 1496 (whereby the original charter is deposited in the so-called Chest Box of Privileges in the Zagreb-based National Archives), the coat of arms of the Slavonian Kingdom is blazoned as follows: on the escutcheon azure, two bars argent (representing the rivers of Sava and Drava according to the Charter’s text), between the bars (rivers) a fess gules bearing a marten proper courant (the right side of the coat of arms is the left side to the observer). In the center chief, an estoile or (gules) (the symbol of Mars).
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