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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a pale couped chevronwise to chief Or, a fess Sable fimbriated and charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second, in chief a fleur-de-lis and a pruning knife and in base the same reversed all of the like. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Black scroll inscribed “SPINA FRONTIS” in Gold letters. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The colors scarlet and yellow are for Artillery. The three fleurs-de-lis represent battle honors awarded for service in France during World War II, and the two pruning knives for service in Germany. The black fess simulates a section of a gun barrel. The shape of the pointed pale is suggestive of the guided missile. The motto translates to “Backbone of the Front.” | |||
The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 559th Field Artillery Battalion on 15 March 1956. It was amended to change the description on 4 May 1956. It was redesignated for the 559th Field Artillery Missile Battalion and amended to change the description on 11 September 1956. The insignia was rescinded on 3 April 1963. The distinctive unit insignia was reinstated and redesignated for the 559th US Army Artillery Group on 7 September 1967. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons | |||
. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army{{us}} | |||
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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 1956]] |
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