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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A red keystone 2 3/8 inches (6.03cm) in height and 2 3/8 inches (6.03cm) in width. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia: On a gold disk 1-1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height divided per pairle reversed Gules, Argent and Azure, the crest from the National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Division traces its orgins to 1879 and is the Oldest Divisional Sized Unit in the United States. Originally it was a Pennsylvania unit, hence the use of a Keystone as Insignia as Pennsylvania is know as the Keystone State. Today it is made up of Units from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and New Jersey. | The Division traces its orgins to 1879 and is the Oldest Divisional Sized Unit in the United States. Originally it was a Pennsylvania unit, hence the use of a Keystone as Insignia as Pennsylvania is know as the Keystone State. Today it is made up of Units from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and New Jersey. | ||
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 19 October 1918. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally authorized for the 28th Infantry Division Headquarters; Headquarters Detachment, 28th Division; Headquarters Company, 28th Division; Headquarters Special Troops, 28th Division and Headquarters Detachment Special Troops, 28th Division on 6 February 1929. It was redesignated for the noncolor bearing units of the 28th Infantry Division on 10 July 1968. | |||
[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category: Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1918]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1929]] |
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