112th Transportation Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard

112TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION, OHIO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

(Coat of Arms)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Celeste, on a bend wavy Argent, a bend Gules (Brick Red) charged with three wheels Or, that in the center surmounted by a plate bearing a trefoil Gules.
Crest: That for regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard: From a wreath Argent and Celeste, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with bursting burr).

Distinctive Unit Insignia, Description: A gold metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consiting of three gold wheels with blue rims conjoined one and two and surmounted at the center by a white disc bearing a scarlet trefoil with pointed lobes.

Origin/meaning

The Colour Brick Red and the Wheels symbolises the Transportation Mission. The Number of the Wheels refers to the three campaigns of World War II. The Wavy bend and the Blue colour symbolise service in the Pacific theater during World War II. The Trefoil alludes to the Buckeye tree of Ohio, it is placed on the middle Wheel alluding to Middletown, Ohio where the Battalion was organized.

The arms were approved 1 September 2007 and the Distinctive Unit Insignia on 7 November 1966. Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army