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Moldova

Republic of Moldova

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Design and use of the flag
Construction sheet
Flag Law
Proportions Dilemma
Flag designs from the 1980's
History of Moldova
Arms of Moldova
A Moldavian Deputy insults the National Flag

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Judetul Balti

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Design and use of the flag

Romania/Moldova adopted a flag in the three colours during the revolutions of 1848 which drew inspiration (and vexillology) from the French revolution.
Stuart Notholt, 10 October 1995

The regulation on flag of Moldova was adopted on 27 April, 1990. This date is official birthday of the state flag.
Victor Lomantsov, 21 December 2001

Album des Pavillons (2000) reports this flag as the national flag on land and civil ensign. No mention is made of the state or war ensign usage. It is shown there as 2:3 ratio. [Note uncertainty about the flag dimensions.]
Željko Heimer, 20 June 2002

According to "Flottes de Combat 2002", there is no Moldovan Navy.
Armand Noel du Payrat, 21 June 2002

The old medieval principality of Moldavia had a red military flag with a bison's (not ox's, as you think) head in the center. The bison is a symbol of Moldova and as old chronicles said means "power, independence and pride". This head you can see on our coat of arms. The three colors of Romanian and Moldavian flags were proposed in 1848 and represented three part of Romania:

Red - Moldavia,
Blue - Oltenia (east Wallachia, Great Wallachia)
Yellow - Muntenia (west Wallachia, Lesser Wallachia)

In modern Romania the colors represent Moldavia, Transylvania and Wallachia. The colors of our flag only copy those of the Romanian flag as a symbol of common roots.
Vladislav Zarayskiy

I have been led to believe that the bull-like emblem is actually that of an Aurochs, a large beast of pre-historic descent that survived in the remoter regions of