The coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia consists of one main shield and five smaller shields which form a crown over the main shield. The main coat of arms is a checkerboard (chequy) that consists of 13 red and 12 white fields. It is also informally known in Croatian as šahovnica. The five smaller shields represent five different historical regions within Croatia.
First known example of Croatian chequy as depicted in Innsbruck, Austria (1495)
Coat of arms of Croatian Crown land (until 1868)
Patriotic badge from 1914
Historical Croatian coats of arms depicted in Church of the Mother of God of Sljeme, Queen of Croats
In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture or a simple division of the field.
Diapering of the field of the shield of the Diocese of Worcester: Argent, ten torteaux four three two and one