The coat of arms of Montserrat consists of an escutcheon (shield) charged with a woman in a green dress holding a golden harp and a black cross.

Montserrat was first sighted and named by Christopher Columbus in November 1493, during his second journey to the West Indies.

It became a colony of the Kingdom of England in 1632, when Thomas Warner – the first governor of Saint Christopher – sent Irish Catholics from his territory to Montserrat.

[6] The colours and objects on the coat of arms carry cultural, political, and regional meanings.

[8] The cross recognises the Christian heritage of the island,[6][A] while the woman's embrace of it symbolises the Montserratians' love of Christ.