Argent, a chevron Azure between three lamps of the like flamed Proper.
On a wreath of the colors (Argent and Azure), an eagle displayed Proper in his beak a scroll or bearing the word "Leavenworth" Gules.
Ad Bellum Pace Parati (Prepared in peace for war) in blue letters.
The helmet is an esquire's steel helmet in profile with closed visor Proper. The mantling to be Gules.
The chevron is indicative of the martial character of the College and the three lamps symbolize study and learning and also typify the three-part Army -- the Regular Army, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.
The eagle crest is the National emblem and, as perched with wings extended, is indicative of alertness. It is in appearance much like the eagle which surmounted the salle porte of the main school building in 1925; the scroll in his beak carries the word "LEAVENWORTH," the site of the College.
The helmet is the helmet of a gentleman or esquire. The red mantling with the colors of the shield completes the National colors.
The coat of arms was originally approved for the General Service Schools on 6 Jan 1925. It was redesignated to the Command and General Staff College on 14 Apr 1948.