 The charge on the sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side, the House of Wittelsbach (Palatine) lion, is a reference to the village’s former allegiance to the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.The field tincture, azure (blue), recalls the village’s former status as part of the County of Veldenz.The letters "A V" stand for "Amt Ulmet" (with the V serving as an archaic form of U) and refer to the "Bürgermeisterei" ("Mayoralty") of Ulmet, to which Oberalben was assigned until 1972, when the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Kusel was established.