I'm just confused as to how did Ancien France symbol end up on Bosnian coat of arms during the 90's civil war, seeing as to how, on the first look, Bosnia (a culture mix of muslims, christians and orthodox christians) don't seem much related at all. I wouldn't think it would represent fight against repression of the state, seeing how the Ancien France ended.
Ancien France: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_France_%28Ancien%29.svg Bosnian Coat of Arms: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Coat_of_Arms_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992-1998%29.svg
First of all sorry for my English, As I know Fleur-de-lis (stylized lily) was used in middle ages like sign of cross, and it was used by French monarchy and by some others (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-lis). Bosnian Kingdom in middle ages (time before Ottoman Empire) was connected with Christianity and some heretical religion(by Vatican) called Bosnian Church. Bosnian King Tvrtko Kotromanic (1338-1391) and his dynasty Kotromanic's used that flag, and that was first flag of Bosnian Kingdom. In 1992, when Bosnia went from Yugoslavia, people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs) agreed to use that flag. The war started, and only Bosniaks continued to use flag.It has been changed in 1998.
