The color(s) black background with yellow-gold, red and white thread is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
The mark consists of this mark is triangular in shape. the entire background of the patch is black, the entire edge of the patch is yellow-gold as are the letters of the words "MARYLAND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE"; also every other vertical stripe on the upper left and lower right quadrant of the Maryland seal. Alternating stripes in this area are black in color. The remainder of the Maryland seal is red and white in the upper right and lower left quadrants where the cross is located. Approximately half of each cross and quadrant is red and the other half is white in color. Around the whole edge of this Maryland seal is a black embroidered border.