Coat of arms of Cuba

Official blazon

Cuban law specifies the official blazon of the state coat of arms. The shield is formed by two arches of equal circles, cut so that their concavities face each other, creating an ogival shape. A horizontal line divides the shield at two-thirds of its height, producing three fields. The upper field depicts a sea; on its sides are two capes or points of land opposite each other.

Between them, closing the strait they form, a key extends from left to right, with a thick stem and its ward downward. Behind the key, a rising sun sends its rays across the sky of the landscape. In the lower left field, five bends of equal width alternate dark blue and white, with blue at the top, all slanting from left to right. The lower right field shows a valley landscape with a royal palm tree at its center, its middle leaf bud the highest and standing upright, with two mountains and clear skies in the background.

The shield is supported by a bundle of sticks tied at the lower end with a red string crossed in saltire, protruding from below the shield's point. Above, from the central part of the shield, a bundle of sticks tied by a red circular string emerges. The bundle's crown is covered by a red Phrygian cap turned to the right, sustained on one slightly protruding stick. At the cap's center is a white five-pointed star with one point up.

Two branches with fruit border the shield without surpassing its arches: laurel on the right and holly oak on the left, facing each other and crossed behind the bundle of sticks at the shield's lower end.