224th Field Artillery Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
No edit summary
Line 6: Line 6:


===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Shield: Per chevron, Gules and paly of six pieces, Or and Sable, a bend counterchanged, in chief a garland of the second, the dexter half laurel, the sinister oak, within a bordure dovetailed chequey of the first and Argent. <br>
Crest: That for the regiments and battalions of the Maryland Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a cross botonny per cross quarterly Gules and Argent.<br>
Motto: QUERCUS CRESCIT (The Oak Grows). 
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Per chevron, Gules and paly of six pieces, Or and Sable, a bend counterchanged, in chief a garland of the second, the dexter half laurel, the sinister oak, within a bordure dovetailed chequey of the first and Argent.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Crest is that for Regiments and Separate Battalions of the Maryland Army National Guard.  
The Coat of Arms and Distictive Unit Insignia was approved on 19 August 1942. They was rescinded/cancelled effective 27 July 1960.
{{media}}
{{media}}




[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons.
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.


[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Army heraldry]]
[[Category:Army heraldry]]
[[Category: Granted 1942]]
approved, Administrators
177,275

edits