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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Tenné (Dragoon Yellow), a dragon passant Or. (And for informal use the escutcheon encircled with a sword belt Sable buckled at base with the belt plate of the Dragoons of 1836 Proper<br> bearing the regimental motto in base and “FIRST CAVALRY” in chief between two eight-pointed mullets of rays one on dexter side, the other on sinister, all Or).<br> | |||
Crest: On a wreath of the colors, Or and Tenné (Dragoon Yellow), a hawk rising with wings addorsed and elevated Sable, langued and membered Gules.<br> | |||
Motto: ANIMO ET FIDE (Courageous And Faithful). | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The color of the Dragoons was Dragoon yellow (orange-yellow), shown by the color of the shield and the dragon is in allusion to the name Dragoon. | |||
The gold eight-pointed star on the encircling belt was the insignia of the Dragoons until 1851.<br> | |||
The Crest alludes to the origins as the Regiment of United States Dragoons. This Regiment was formed mainly of Men and Officers from the Battalion of Mounted Rifles.<br> | |||
Which had taken part in the Black Hawk War. | |||
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[[Literature]]: | [[Literature]]: Wikimedia Commons | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||