Coat of arms of Moldova

The coat of arms of Moldova is the national emblem of the Republic of Moldova.

The escutscheon'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:

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

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

• Ministry of Defence

External links

• 1992 Postage stamps with the coat of arms of Moldova

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