Coat of arms of Moldova
Coat of arms of Moldova | |
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Armiger | Republic of Moldova |
Adopted | 13 July 1990 |
Blazon | 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. |
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.
Official description[]
Moldovan law describes the arms as follows:[1]
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 Bessarabia (1815–1826)
Coat of arms of Bessarabia (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 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
References[]
External links[]
- National symbols of Moldova
- Moldovan coats of arms
- National coats of arms
- Coats of arms with eagles
- Coats of arms with crosses
- Coats of arms with stars
- Coats of arms with cinquefoils
- Coats of arms with moons
- Coats of arms with olive branches
- Coats of arms with sceptres
- Coats of arms with cattle
- National emblems with birds