The national emblem of North Macedonia depicts two curved garlands of sheaves of wheat, tobacco leaves and opium poppy fruits, tied by a ribbon decorated with embroidery of traditional Macedonian folk motifs.

The features of the national coat of arms contain a rising sun which symbolizes freedom, the Šar Mountains[1] with its peak named Ljuboten[1] or Mount Korab[2] and the river Vardar,[1][2] with Lake Ohrid.

Until 2009, along with Belarus and the disputed territory of Transnistria, North Macedonia was one of the few remaining European jurisdictions that continued to employ socialist heraldry in its national emblem.

According to the provisions of the Article 5, Section 2 of North Macedonia's constitution, the two-thirds majority is required to pass a law on the new symbols of the Republic.

[9][10][11] A proposal by architect and graphic designer Miroslav Grčev was put forward in 1992 to replace the emblem with a revised version of the historical gold lion on a red shield.

[13] The illustration from de Bara's book "Le blason des armoiries" depicts a coat of arms attributed to Alexander the Great.