Depicts the Art Squad’s coat of arms. In the background is the historic headquarters of the Command of Piazza Sant’Ignazio in Rome. On the high field, a free interpretation of the “grenade” symbol of the Italian gendarmerie (Carabinieri). The engraver's name “L. DE SIMONI” and the words “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA” are below.

The Art Squad’s coat of arms presents a dragon looming over the ancient Pantheon. The dragon’s
tail snakes around the piazza in front of the building.

The Pantheon is a former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). It was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. Its date of construction is uncertain, because Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple but rather to retain the inscription of Agrippa's older temple, which had burned down.

Depicts some important archaeological discoveries are represented such as the statue of Vibia Sabina, the Phoros Trapeze of Ascoli Satriano with its griffins, the Euphronios Krater and the Capitoline Triad. The date 1969 indicates the year of creation of this specialized corps of Carabinieri.

The Italian name for Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Comando carabinieri per la tutela del patrimonio culturale) around. Value on the right. Mintmark on the left.