Romania Flag Eagle
The color scheme seems to be purposefully based on the hungarian arms.
Romania flag eagle. The national flag of romania romanian. The eagle in the upper left corner is for wallachia. Blue yellow and red. A mace and a sword the latter reminding of moldavia s ruler stephen the great whereas the mace reminds of michael the brave the first unifier of the romanian countries.
The constitution of romania provides that the flag of romania is tricolor. Its design may join the earlier eagle flag with canting arms for siebenbürgen seven cities the german name of transylvania. The main element in romania s coat of arms is a golden eagle with a cross in its beak a mace and sword in its talons and a shield protecting its front. In corners the monogram of king carol i of romania crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath.
The five sections of the shield are representative of the five historical provinces of romania and each contains its traditional symbol. The colors are arranged vertically in the following order from the flagpole. The eagle holds in its talons the insignia of sovereignty. Drapelul româniei is a tricolor with vertical stripes beginning from the flagpole.
On the bird s chest there is a quartered escutcheon with the symbols of the historical romanian provinces wallachia oltenia moldavia bessarabia transylvania the banat crisana maramureș as well as two dolphins reminding of the country s black sea coast. It has a crowned eagle s head in chief and seven towers gules on seven hills vert over a argent field. Romania coat of arms. The lion and bridge in the.
My lordship now entrusts to the infantry battalions and the cavalry divisions these flags as a sacred repository of gratitude faith and obedience to the established laws. The romanian militia organized on the basis of european rules and discipline once again secures this ancient right and receives its flags with the national colors and the principality s eagle. Army flag of the principality of romania blue yellow red vertical tricolor with the medium country s coat of arms in the middle on a purple background surrounded by a laurel wreath.