Coat of arms of Moldova
Coat of arms of Moldova | |
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Armiger | Republic of Moldova |
Adopted | 13 July 1990 |
Shield | Per fess gules and azure, an aurochs head cabossed overall, accompanied by two lozenges to its sides, a mullet of eight points between the horns, a heraldic rose to dexter and a crescent decrescent to sinister, all or. |
Supporters | Behind the shield: an eagle (heraldic, wings inverted) proper (golden brown), beaked and membered gules, holding in his beak a cross or, in his dexter talon an olive branch vert and in his sinister a scepter or. |
The coat of arms of Moldova is the national emblem of the Republic of Moldova. It was designed by the Moldovan artist Gheorghe Vrabie.[1]
The escutcheon's aurochs head accompanied by a rose, crescent and pointed star is derived from the coat of arms of the Principality of Moldavia. The heraldic supporter of an eagle with a cross in the beak is derived from the interwar coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania. Most of Moldova's territory was part of Romania between World War I and World War II.
Official description
Moldovan law describes the arms as follows:[2]
Per fess gules and azure, an aurochs head cabossed overall, accompanied by a mullet of eight points between the horns, a heraldic rose to dexter and a crescent decrescent to sinister, all or; supporter, behind the shield: an eagle (heraldic, wings inverted) proper (golden brown), beaked and membered gules, holding in his beak a cross or, in his dexter talon an olive branch vert and in his sinister a scepter or.
Historical coats of arms of Moldova
- Coat of arms of the Russian Bessarabia Governorate (1815–1826)
- Coat of arms of the Bessarabia Governorate (1815–1878)
- Coat of arms of the Bessarabia Governorate (1878)
- Coat of arms of the Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)
- Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania (1921–1947)
- Coat of arms of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1927–1938)
- Coat of arms of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1938–1940)
- Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1941)
- Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1941–1957)
- Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1957–1981)
- Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1981–1990)
See also
- Flag of Moldova
- Coat of arms of Romania
- Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Flag of Transnistria
- Coat of arms of Transnistria
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External links
- 1992 Postage stamps with the coat of arms of Moldova