QUOTE(Emperor)
They've also got the flag of Sardinia there, which if you believe the Flag of Sardinia article was replaced with a new non-racist flag in 1999.
I don't know much Sardinian history. What's the deal?
What's racist about the Moor's head?
The origin of the symbol is unknown, but there seem to be some link to the Crown of Aragon's symbols, because Sardinia was part of the Crown of Aragon, and then part of the Spanish Empire, from 1297 (nominally) to 1720. After that it became part of the Kingdom of Savoy, and then part of the Banana Republic.
Spanish tradition considers the Moor's head a creation of King Peter I of Aragon, to celebrate the victory at Alcoraz (1096). The battle was won with the help of Saint George, whose symbol is a red cross on a white background, and he would have cut off the heads of four Moorish kings.
Sardinian and Pisan tradition links the symbol to the gonfalon which Pope Benedict VIII gave to the Pisans, who were helping the Sardinians against the Saracens of MujÄhid al-Ê¿Ä€mirÄ«, who were trying to conquer the italian peninsula and Sardinia.
Some other scholars think the flag of the four Moors may have been created by the Templars.