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+|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Coat of Arms)
+|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br> (Distinctive Unit Insignia)
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 ===Official blazon===
+Shield:  Vert in base a bar gemel wavy or, issuant from the upper bar a galley of the like charged on the sail with a fleur-de-lis azure<br>
+Crest: Non was approved at the time of the publication of Wright's Book.<br>
+Motto: Securitas copiarum (Guardians of the Troops)
 ===Origin/meaning===
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+The Colours are those of the Military Police, The Galley and Fleur-de-lis are from the arms of the City of Paris, and indicates the service in World War II in the Area of the French Capital.<br>
+The Fleur-de-lis also symbolises service in Northern France. The Galley also symbolises the Battalion's early assignment escorting prisoners from North Africa.
+[[Literature]]: Wright: Army Lineage Series Military Police
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-[[Literature]]:
 [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]]
 [[Category:Army heraldry]]