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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Coat of Arms) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}dui.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<br> (Distinctive Unit Insignia) | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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a broad sword Argent the pommel and hilt Or.<br> | a broad sword Argent the pommel and hilt Or.<br> | ||
Motto: FORTITUDE ET COURAGE (Fortitude and Courage)<br> | Motto: FORTITUDE ET COURAGE (Fortitude and Courage)<br> | ||
Distinctive Unit Insignia, Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Per chevron and enhanced Argent and Azure, in chief a cross Gules, between six mullets pilewise a crenelated torch of the first flamant of three of the third, and in base an Indian arrowhead point to base of the first. Attached below the shield a motto scroll inscribed "FORTITUDE ET COURAGE" in black letters. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The Crest is that for Regiments and Separate Battalions of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. | The Crest is that for Regiments and Separate Battalions of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. | ||
The | The arms were originally approved for the 104th Infantry Regiment on 5 November 1926. It was redesignated for the 104th Infantry Regiment on 8 April 1961under the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS). The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved on 4 November 1926 for the 104th Infantry Regiment. It was redesignated for the 104th Infantry Regiment on 8 April 1961, under the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS). The insignia was amended on 19 June 1968 to include the motto scroll. | ||
It was redesignated for the 104th Infantry Regiment on 1961 | |||
[[Literature]]: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1926]] |