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Two-sided?

Neither FOTW or flags.net appear to indicate that the obverse and reverse sides of this flag differ, yet the article states this as fact (and provides an illustration). What's the source of this claim? Is the design actually supposed to be two-sided? --ScottMainwaring 05:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The source is the official website of the President of the Republic Moldova. More precisely, from here (in Romanian) (same link, in English). Here is an interesting thing: this is supposed to be the state flag; but if you track pictures with the flag in the background, you can see that the coat of arms appears on the reverse as well, but mirrored (as on the flag of Spain). This may be caused by the fact that the cloth of the flag is too thin, and the printed image of the coat of arms appears mirrored. I just suppose, because I don't live in Moldova. ES Vic 14:18, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! (Strangely, the English link doesn't address the question, but the Romanian link clearly shows a two-sided design.) --ScottMainwaring 22:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm watching a Moldovan TV news program right now (the NIT "Curier" evening news broadcast from July 31, 2007), and one of the stories is showing a Moldovan flag flying on a pole. The view is from the reverse (obvious from the arrangement of colours), and the coat of arms (with the eagle facing to the right) is IMHO too crisp and distinct to be something accidentally showing through thin cloth. I'll try to grab a screen shot of what I'm seeing and post it so people can judge for themselves. Richwales 22:15, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Check out these screen shots. Note that the coat of arms is clearly visible on the reverse of these flags (first two shots). The third shot shows the front of the same flag as the second shot; note that the coat of arms is equally distinct on both sides of this flag, so I doubt it's simply showing through the fabric from the front to the back. Richwales 23:54, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may well be right, that there are Moldovan flags in use with the coat of arms printed on both sides. But IMHO I don't think this is particularly noteworthy or unexpected -- there are often unapproved, unofficial variants of flags sighted. I suppose if there were evidence that these "CoA on both sides" flags were in fact the norm in Moldova, that would be noteworthy. As would evidence that such flags had some sort of official status. But without such documentation, I don't think the article needs to address these variants. --ScottMainwaring 01:03, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that one of the flags is on an official (military) vehicle seems, to me, to lend it the kind of credence you suggest is needed. Richwales 01:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a new hypothesis: the CoA is printed only on one side, but because of the thinnes of the material used for the flag, one can see the CoA on the other side as if it would be printed. The best thing would be if a Moldavian wikikpedian would upload a picture of a flag in actual use in RM. ES Vic (talk) 15:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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