Principality of Moldavia, 1346

Moldavia emerged as a distinct and independent principality in the mid-14th century in what is now Romania, Moldova and Ukraine, from the Dniester River to the Siret River and from Bukovina to the Black Sea. Its emblem was the head of a bison, or, possibly an aurochs, a now extinct type of large wild cattle; with a star between its horns and flanked by a rose and crescent became its coat of arms, displayed on a red military flag.