The coat of arms of Triballia (
Serbian: Грб Трибалије / Grb Tribalije or Грб Тривалије / Grb Trivalije) is a historical coat of arms attributed to
medieval Serbia by various armorials, and is today depicted in several Serbian municipality coat of arms in
Šumadija. The motif is of a severed (erased)
wild boar's head with an arrow in its mouth or through its head.
The
Triballi were an ancient tribe whose name was used as an
exonym for the
Serbs by archaizing
Byzantine authors in the Middle Ages.[1] The Triballian coat of arms depicts the head of a
boar pierced by an arrow.[2] In the Chronicle of the Council of Constance from 1415, the motif is used as the coat of arms of the
Serbian Despotate and is recalled in one of
Stefan Lazarević's personal seals.[citation needed] It was used for historical Serbia in numerous armorials dating between the 15th and 18th centuries. The
Habsburg monarchy adopted it into their
flag of Serbia (as claimants), one of the flags given to an honorary flag-bearer during the coronation of the Hungarian king, since 1563. It was adopted by
Karađorđe[3] into the seal of the
Revolutionary Serbian government, alongside the
Serbian cross.[4]
Gallery
Historical
Serbian emperor, Prussian ed. Chronicle of the Council of Constance (before 1437)
Serbia, later ed. Chronicle of the Council of Constance (1483)
Coats of arms of the Turkish Empire, Constantinople, Palaeologus, Byzantium and Serbia (1483), Conrad Grünenberg.
Serbia (Triballia), Wernigeroder Schaffhausensches Wappenbuch (between 1486 and 1492)