In the last ten years, being greek shield properly said, it arose in 1822 and had a circular shape, its colors were white and blue, in it was the goddess Athena and the owl, and the symbol was the legend that said, "Provisional Administration of Greece." It was created for the Constitution of Epidaurus, on January 1, 1822, and then established by decree on March 15, 1822.
But since that shield emerged, it has been changing, both in form and design, every time governments or political regimes changed, they changed the shield.
El current coat of arms of Greece, was approved on June 7, 1975, and arises from the modification of the previous shield, which was crowned by a royal crown, but since the monarchy was no longer present, it made no sense for the shield to be crowned by a royal crown and therefore was removed.
The designer of the greek shield, is the artist Kostas Grammtópoulos.
That composition was on the Greek flag until 1978, which changed to the current one, that is, the composition of the greek shield current now, it's in a box at the top next to the neck.
The current greek shield It is composed of a single blue field, with a silver Greek cross, which wanted to represent the Greek Orthodox Church in 1828.
The current shield is surrounded by two laurel branches joined at the base.
The shield is painted or embroidered on the hats of the uniforms, and on the buttons, of the military, and of the security forces.