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 ===Official blazon===
-That for regiments and separate battalions of the Massachusetts Army National Guard: From a wreath Or and Gules a dexter arm embowed clothed Blue and ruffed White Proper grasping a broad sword Argent the pommel and hilt Or.
+Shield: Gules, a chevron Azure fimbriated Or charged with a diminished chevronel of the like (Or), in chief the tower of Chateau-Thierry and the tower of Verdun and in base a fleur-de-lis (for Soissons) all of the third (Or).<br>
+Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Massachusetts Army National Guard: From a wreath Or and Gules, a dexter arm embowed, clothed Blue and ruffed White Proper the hand grasping a broad sword Argent the pommel and hilt Or.<br>
+Motto: SIC ITUR AD ASTRA (This Is the Way to the Stars)
+Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a chevron Azure fimbriated Or charged with a diminished chevronel of the like (Or), in chief the tower of Chateau-Thierry and the tower of Verdun and in base a fleur-de-lis (for Soissons) all of the third (Or). Attached below the shield a gold scroll doubled and inscribed "SIC ITUR AD ASTRA" in black letters.
 ===Origin/meaning===
+The shield is red for Artillery. The pointed tower in dexter chief represents the Champagne-Marne operation and is from the arms of Chateau-Thierry; the embattled tower in sinister chief represents the Meuse-Argonne operation and is from the arms of Verdun; the fleur-de-lis in base represents the Aisne-Marne operation and is for Soissons; the three divisions of the chevron represent World War I service in Ile de France, Lorraine, and St Mihiel. The motto, taken from Virgil's Aeneid, IX, 641, is the motto for the Second Corps of Cadets, adopted when they were organized. Virgil's Aeneid, translated, is, "Go on, raise your glories higher, tis thus that men to heaven aspire."
+The coat of arms was originally approved for 102d Field Artillery on 21 May 1925; redesignated for the 102d Field Artillery battalion on 18 Sep 1942; redesignated for the 102d Artillery on 16 Jun 1961; redesignated for the 102d Field Artillery on 19 Jun 1972; rescinded 18 May 1988, and reinstated for the 102d Field Artillery on 1 Oct 1996. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 102d Field Artillery on 21 May 1925; redesignated for the 102d Field Artillery battalion on 28 Sep 1942; redesignated for the 102d Artillery on 16 Jun 1961; redesignated for the 102d Field Artillery on 19 Jun 1972; rescinded 1 May 1988, and reinstated for the 102d Field Artillery on 1 Oct 1996.
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-[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons.
+[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from the Institute of Heraldry, US Army.
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+[[Category: Granted 1925]]