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User:Bugoslav is a Croatian ultra-nationalist sockpuppeteer banned from most respectable Wikis such as enWiki. User:Imbris is his checkuser-confirmed sockpuppet. That he is not yet banned here has left me quite surprised.
Reverted to version as of 21:10, 7 October 2009 It doesn't use "a fake colour scheme", colours weren't defined exactly. As I said, you have the other "virtual" CoA with enlarged anvil and enlarged red star elsewhere.
Reverted to version as of 18:37, 30 September 2009 User:Avala should leave this CoA, because he has an alternative one at File:CoA of SR Croatia.png (here on Commons).
Director should know that he should provide sources. The anvil was never blue. Sentences like "made by a friend especially for Wikipedia" is not sources.
Reverted to version as of 23:55, 24 November 2007 Avala should stop and discuss, this image is heavily used and should be in the most formal and otherwise correctly represented. See talk.