after the islands change of constitutional status in 2010, the council of sint eustatius requested the high council of nobility to be granted this coat of arms as a public body of the netherlands. the council approved and the arms were granted without changes by royal decree of 20 september 2010, no. 10.002023, blazoning it as "argent chapé ployé, a angelfish proper; the dexter chape per fess wavy, i. gules a rocky mountain issuant or, consisting of two parts, with the removed part two-third of the height of the part in front; ii. barry wavy of ten pieces azure and argent; the sinister chape per fess; i. argent, a fortress issuant with embattled walls orange, consisting of an entrance gate and two pointed towers, voided sable, and a clock tower, voided of the field; ii. vert. the shield is surrounded by a chain of beads azure, placed on two sugar canes proper in saltire, surmounted by a mural crown argent masoned sable, consisting of four turrets with four battlements each. motto: superba et confidens in latin script sable on a scroll argent."