A blue, yellow, and red tricolor, with the national coat of arms in the center bar. Ratio: 1:2. Reverse mirrored.
Autonomous regions flags[]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1995–Present
Flag of Gagauzia
A blue, white, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 6:2:2. Three yellow stars (15/100 of flag-width) on the blue stripe, forming an equilateral triangle with the base at hoist. Ratio: 1:2
Governmental flags[]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
?–present
Border Guard Service flag
Ratio: 2:3
1997–present
Customs flag on land
Ratio: 2:3
1997–present
Customs ensign
Ratio: 2:3
?–present
Principal State Inspectorate for Technical Supervising of Dangerous Industrial Objects flag
A blue cloth, charged with a red cross bordered yellow. On obverse, the Emblem of the National Army in the middle. On reverse, instead of the emblem, with golden letters, the motto in Romanian: Pentru Onoare! Pentru Patrie! Pentru Tricolor! ("For Honor! For Country! For the Tricolor!"). Ratio: 2:3
Historical flags[]
For flags of Moldova as part of Romania (southern 1856 - 1878; all 1918 - 1940 and 1941 - 1944) see List of flags of Romania.
Flag
Date
Use
Description
April 27, 1990 – August 27, 1991
State flag of the Moldavian SSR, later known as SSR Moldova and Republic of Moldova.
Ratio: 1:2.
1952 – April 27, 1990
State flag of the Moldavian SSR
Ratio: 1:2.
Reverse flag
All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1940–1952
State flag of the Moldavian SSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1938–1940
State flag of the Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1937–1938
State flag of the Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1925–1932
State flag of the Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1917–1918
Military colors of the Moldavian Democratic Republic
Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Argent RM initials all over the flag. Ratio: 2:3.
Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle of yellow and red stripes and the parliament's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3.
1917–1918
State flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic
Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle and country's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3.
1856–1861
Military colors and naval ensign of the Principality of Moldavia
Ratio: 1:1.
1834–1861
Civil ensign of the Principality of Moldavia
Ratio: 2:3.
17th century
Banner of the Moldavian cavalry
around 1601
Infantry flag of the Principality of Moldavia
around 1500
Military colors (?) of the Principality of Moldavia
around 1500
Military colors (?) of the Principality of Moldavia
around 1574
Flag of the Moldavian principality, described by Alexander Guagnini
1531
Moldavian banner at the Battle of Obertyn
1467
Moldavian flag in the Battle of Baia
14th–19th[citation needed] century
State[citation needed] flag of the Principality of Moldavia