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[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons.
[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons.


[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Army heraldry]]
[[Category:Army heraldry]]
[[Category: Granted 1930]]
[[Category: Granted 1930]]

Revision as of 12:01, 12 March 2023

137TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, KANSAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Arms of 137th infantry Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard

(Coat of Arms)
Arms of 137th infantry Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Azure, a pale fitchee to honor point Vert fimbriated Or, in pale a baton and two bolos saltirewise, cutting edges to chief, of the last.
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Kansas Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, a sunflower slipped Proper.
Motto: Valor for service

Origin/meaning

Symbolism Shield The shield is blue for Infantry. The crossed bolos represent service in the Philippines; the green pale fitchee, Mexican Border duty; and the baton is taken from the coat of arms of Varennes in the Argonne. Crest The crest is that of the Kansas Army National Guard.

The arms were approved on 1 August 1930.


Literature: Images from Wikimedia Commons.