[Zeropean]

Originally Posted by Hrvoje

Some say one of our kings when captured by Venetians played chess with Venetian lord to regain his freedom, he won and was released to adopt chessboard shield as his new Croatian coat of arms.

This link here is magnifiecent!!:
Croatian coat of arms

Remember that this pics,

http://www.croatianhistory.net/gif/zelhp.jpg
http://www.croatianhistory.net/gif/zelhvp.jpg
http://www.croatianhistory.net/gif/zelh2p.jpg
http://www.croatianhistory.net/gif/zelhkp.jpg
http://www.croatianhistory.net/gif/zelhhp.jpg
http://www.croatianhistory.net/gif/zelhs.jpg

were taken somewhere in Slovenia or modern day Austria, you can also notice Slovenian symbols, like symbols of Carinthia, Styria, Celjski counts, Carniola...

Regards