 With this perspective in mind, the heraldist Silviu Andrieş-Tabac considers Gore the moral author of the flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic.This was a blue-yellow-red tricolor with horizontal stripes and the coat of arms in the center of the yellow field and the inscription "Republica Democratică Moldovenească şi Independentă" ("The Moldavian and Independent Democratic Republic") in the center of the blue field.The flag of Sfatul Țării was similar, except that "Sfatul Țării" was written on the blue field and the coat of arms, with larger dimensions, was placed in the middle, over yellow and red.