Montenegro
- Bearer
- Montenegro
- Adopted
- 13 July 2004
- Flag
- 13 July 2004
- Regions
- 3 regions, 25 cities and municipalities
- Official website
- gov.me
The arms of Montenegro were adopted on 13 July 2004. They consist of a crowned gold double-headed eagle with a sceptre in its right talon and an orb in its left, with a shield on its breast bearing a lion passant on a green ground on a blue field. The flag of Montenegro — a red field with a gold border and the arms in the centre — was adopted the same day.
The modern arms draw on the dynastic arms of the Crnojević family, and those in turn on the arms of the Serbian Despotate. All Montenegrin states before 2004 — the Principality of Zeta, Montenegro under the prince-bishops, the Principality, the Kingdom and the Republic of Montenegro, excepting the period of socialism — based their insignia on the double-headed eagle, the heritage of Serbian medieval heraldry from the age of the Nemanjić dynasty.
Blazon
A gold double-headed eagle with wings displayed, crowned, holding a sceptre in its right talon and an orb in its left; on its breast a shield bearing, on a blue field, a gold lion passant on a green ground.
A red field edged with a gold band, with the arms in the centre; proportion 1 : 2.