The history of the coat of arms of Belgrade, which is in use today, began in 1931 when it was officially elected, following a competition that won the work of Đorđe Andrejević-Kun.

[1] In the socialist era, the coat of arms was neglected, and after the democratic changes of the 1990s it would undergo a re-affirmation, and since the 2000s it would be reorganized to three degrees, which is still in use today.

The white rivers below represent the Danube and Sava and the primordial beginning of Belgrade while the Roman trireme refers to its antiquity.

Blazon of Basic Coat of Arms: “The basic coat of arms of the city is a baroque shield, on a blue field is a silver, stone-walled city with sloping walls with a four-toothed crown and two angular cantilever towers with conical roofs with one narrow black-filled window overlaid with an outer pair of crown teeth.

Above the city crown, between the observation towers and above, into the field, open two-leafed silver gates of talpa with two horizontal beams of fastening through which an arched opening with wedge-shaped stone shows the blueness of the sky, rises a two-story silver, stone-built, tower with a triangular crown and with two black rectangular windows on each floor.

"[2]The middle (or medium) coat of arms is identical to the small, but with the addition of a golden mural crown placed above the escutcheon.

The sword and the olive branch on the large coat of arms represent readiness to fight in war, and to cooperate in peace.