Above the field is a Cintamani (Чандмань), representing the Tibetan Buddhist Three Jewels, which in Mongolian folklore grants wishes.

Below the central emblem is a green mountain range, with the Wheel of Dharma (Хүрд) at the center.

Along the bottom, a blue-red ribbon is placed in front of the gearwheel, with the letters БНМАУ, the abbreviation for Бүгд Найрамдах Монгол Ард Улс ('Mongolian People's Republic').

The horseman carried a long lasso pole and the heads of four types of herd animals were shown on the sides.

A red ribbon at the bottom bore the name of the country in the traditional Mongolian alphabet between 1940 and 1949[6] with the Cyrillic abbreviation after that.