Coat of arms of Montenegro

National emblem of Montenegro

The coat of arms of Montenegro was adopted on 12 July 2004. It was first created by Milan Božović in 1944 and later adapted. It is a golden two-headed eagle wearing a crown. The eagle is holding a golden sceptre with a cross in one claw. It has a blue globus cruciger with a golden cross in its other claw. The eagle wears a shield with a golden lion on a blue background above a green ground.