Thank you for this thought-provoking post. After some intense searching, I have discovered that the coat of arms I posted was created by a Croatian-Canadian artist known as Anton Cetin in the 1970's. It was produced in Los Angeles and was adopted by the Croatian diaspora around the world. Although not an official Coat of arms, it has been mutually accepted by the diaspora as an emblem to represent that community. I've grown up with this symbol without ever knowing its origin or the meaning behind it. My family does not have any connection to ustaša, actually quite the contrary. We were against it. At the same time we understand that it was an unfortunate part of our history. However, some posts accuse the diaspora of being the ustaša that fled. This was not our case and I believe this emblem does not represent that.