98th Signal Battalion, US Army

98TH SIGNAL BATTALION, US ARMY

(Coat of Arms)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Tenné, on an annulet dancetty Argent, a hurt charged with a sea-lion erect grasping in dexter claw a torch flamant Or garnished of the first and in sinister claw three lightning bolts arrayed of the second
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Tenné, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The Statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Motto: Knowledge, Unite, Speed

Distinctive Unit Insignia Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches in hieght consisting of a blue disc bearing a sea-lion grasping in his right paw a flaming torch, all gold and within an orange annulet inscribed in gold letters "KNOWLEDGE, UNITY, SPEED", each word separated by a gold lightning flash; issuant from the annulet eight white rays.

Origin/meaning

Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army