Talk:Flag and coat of arms of Moldavia

message: What do the sources say? Looks more like an aurochs. FunkMonk (talk) 20:07, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aurochs or wisent? 

message: This is the official coat of arms of the Moldavian principality in 1855. This image is present on the passports of the Moldavian principality (see :File:Прінціпатꙋл Молдовеі. Пасапорт.jpg). 
This color image is not found in historical documents. In addition, a lot has changed since the time of Stephen the Great. Better to use a more recent (latest) version of the coat of arms. --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 20:00, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official coat of arms of the principality 

message: About this edit.
This infobox indicates about this coat of arms:
Modern reconstruction of a Moldavian coat of arms based on the seals of Stephen the Great, Roman I and others.
Above are historical drawings. For the first time, red appears in the coat of arms of Grigore III Ghica's rule (1775). And this color is not the main one. --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 14:31, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Super Dromaeosaurus, can you comment? --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 18:20, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Many sources have been provided showing the use of red and yellow on Moldavia's symbols. Current consensus appears to be to keep both pair of symbols. We won't slowly change them to favor one side. Super Ψ Dro 19:21, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sources mostly say that there were red flags (along with others). However, not a single source has been cited confirming the red color of the background of the coat of arms before 1775. --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 11:38, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: According to [Cernovodeanu 1977, p. 121]:  (Rgvis (talk) 10:02, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

text:  However, no other evidence was provided that the simple blue-red flag existed. On the contrary, another source clearly confirms that the respective variant (bicolor stripes, without coat of arms) existed only as lance pennons for the Moldavian cavalry. The only variant of a blue-red flag arranged as horizontal stripes seems to be the one with the coat of arms on it, which was used by the Moldavian river fleet: . (Rgvis (talk) 10:02, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I am aware of this, but there was no consensus in the RfC so I see no point for striving to remove the blue and red symbols, for now at least. Super Ψ Dro 13:52, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Again about the colors of [[Stephen the Great|Stephen's]] coat of arms 

message: Colors of COA of Moldavia 1806-1807.svg|1806—1807 Alexander Mourouzis
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1812-1819.svg|1812—1819 Scarlat Callimachi
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1834.svg|1834 Mihail Sturdza
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1849.svg|1849 Grigore Alexandru Ghica
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1849-1855.svg|1849—1855 Grigore Alexandru Ghica
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1855.svg|1855 Grigore Alexandru Ghica
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1859.svg|1859 — United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1863.svg|1863 — United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Colors of COA of Moldavia 1872.svg|1872 — United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Thus, in the 19th century, red, as the main color of the shield, appeared only after the unification with Wallachia (United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia). --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 10:21, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Moldavia's history goes back way before the 19th century. Super Ψ Dro 17:39, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes in coat of arms colors in the 19th century