Featuring a new logo
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- Date: 28.07.2014
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of World War One, the SVK Ministry of Defence has come up with a new logo to commemorate, for the next four years, one of the most significant milestones in a history of mankind. The Department of Defence will be displaying the new logo on any Great War - related occasions, i. e. until the end of the centenary of WWI.
The idea of a silhouette of a soldier in a uniform of that time, mourning over a loss of his comrades-in-arms, evolved from a sculpture by Ladislav Majerský A Soldier with a Helmet, a bronze original of which is to be found in his native town Hiník nad Hronom and its model is exhibited in the Museum of Military History in Svidník. In a number 100, a WWI typical weapon symbolizes the number 1, and the poppy flowers stand for zeroes, since the red poppy holds valuable symbolism for war veterans and has become a symbol of the Remembrance Day after WWI. The striking red colour has become a symbol of blood spilt in Flanders Fields, the most devastated battlefields in WWI. The Department of Defence designed and developed the new logo on its own.
The idea of a silhouette of a soldier in a uniform of that time, mourning over a loss of his comrades-in-arms, evolved from a sculpture by Ladislav Majerský A Soldier with a Helmet, a bronze original of which is to be found in his native town Hiník nad Hronom and its model is exhibited in the Museum of Military History in Svidník. In a number 100, a WWI typical weapon symbolizes the number 1, and the poppy flowers stand for zeroes, since the red poppy holds valuable symbolism for war veterans and has become a symbol of the Remembrance Day after WWI. The striking red colour has become a symbol of blood spilt in Flanders Fields, the most devastated battlefields in WWI. The Department of Defence designed and developed the new logo on its own.
