Coat of arms of Moldova
The coat of arms of Moldova is the national emblem of the Republic 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. |
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 the Bessarabia Governorate (1812-1871)
- 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)
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