The various coats of arms appear on passports, excise stamps, official documents and various other uses.

All three badges were featured on the Maltese state ensigns and the Governor's flag: This coat of arms was adopted upon independence on 21 September 1964.

Above is a mural crown shaped like a fort with five octagonal turrets surmounts a helmet, with red and white ribbons.

It showed a coastal scene with the rising sun, a traditional Maltese boat, a shovel and a pitchfork, and an Opuntia.

[2] The emblem was controversial since it was not heraldic, and it was replaced by the current coat of arms soon after the Nationalists won the 1987 election.