Coat of arms of Moldova
| Coat of arms of Moldova | |
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| Armiger | Republic of Moldova |
| Adopted | 13 July 1990 |
| Escutcheon | Party per fess Gules and Azure, an aurochs' head caboshed, between its horns a star of eight points; in dexter and sinister a fusil fessways, in dexter base a cinquefoil, and in sinister base a crescent, all Or. |
| Supporters | An eagle displayed proper beaked and membered Gules holding in its beak a Latin cross patée Or, in its dexter talon a sprig of laurel Or leaved and fructed Vert, and in its sinister talon a sceptre Or. |
The coat of arms of Moldova consists of a eagle holding a cross in its beak and a sceptre and an olive branch in its claws. According to Gheorghe Vrabie, the author of the coat of arms, the eagle symbolizes the Latin origin of the people.
The chest of the eagle is protected by a shield that bears the traditional arms of Moldavia: an aurochs' head with a star between its horns. It also contains two lozenges (the ears), a five-petaled flower and a moon in a crescent phase. Everything on the shield has one of the three traditional colours: red, yellow, blue.
The coat of arms appears in the centre of the flag of Moldova.
Adopted: 1990
Elements: Gules shield; crossed eagle; the shield on the eagle's chest: party per fess gules-azure, wearing a golden aurochs, a golden eight-pointed star, a rose, and a moon (crescent); in the eagle's claws: a sword (dexter) and a mace (sinister); in the eagle's beak: an Orthodox cross
Use: unknown
The main element of the coat of arms is a shield depicting the head of the tour. Between the horns with five-pointed star, right — rose, left, a Crescent.
The small Presidium of the CEC approved the project, but with modifications. In the mid-19th October 1925 USSR of the CEC at its meeting approved the above projects of the state emblem and flag of USSR.
The coat of arms of the Moldavian ASSR Constitution Samodivski VII Extraordinary Congress of Soviets on 6 January 1938, was the coat of arms of the Ukrainian SSR, with the addition of inscriptions in Moldavian language. The state coat of arms of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is the State emblem of the Ukrainian SSR, which consists of a Golden sickle and hammer depicted on a red background in the sun and framed by ears, with the inscription "URSR" and "Proletar all countries, daythese!" in Ukrainian and Moldavian languages, with the addition under "URSR" letters smaller lettering "Moldavska of ARSR" in Ukrainian and Moldavian languages.
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