33rd Finance Battalion, US Army

33RD FINANCE BATTALION, US ARMY

Coat of arms (crest) of the 33rd Finance Battalion, US Army

Official blazon

Per pale Silver Gray and Or on a pale three roundels in pale all per pale counterchanged, on a chief Or a stylized mountain peak Azure snowcapped Argent.
Crest: From a wreath Or and Silver Gray a wreath of laurel Proper tied with a ribband Gules superimposed by a star of five lozenges aboute of the last fimbirated Or.
Motto: Mountain Paymasters.

Origin/meaning

Silver Gray and Or are the colours assicoated with the Finance Corps. The counterchanging symbolises flexibility. The Mountain implies stength and support. The Roundels symbolises coins and are divided into two colours to suggest the number of the Battalion. Red, yellow and green are colours traditionally associated with Vietnam campaigns and recall the unit's service and honours. The lozenges in the shape of a star indicated the Battalion's five awards. The arms were approved 18 October 1993 and was amended to correct the blazon of the Shield on 22 October 1993.

Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.


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