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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Azure, an arm embowed proper and couped at the shoulder raised and armed with a buckler or having seven rivets of the field three and four.<br> | |||
Crest: On a wreath or and azure , in front of a tower gules masoned of the first and emitting from each side a stream of waterof the second,<br> | |||
three spears one in pale and two in saltire with shafts of the first and points of the second those points in saltire each charged with a fleur-de-lis of the first,<br> | |||
over all in palean escutcheon barry of ten argent and the second.<br> | |||
Motto: The strong arm for victory | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Buckler represent the armour protection. The Arm is raised in the attitude of striking. The Tower emitting Water, symbolises the bitter fighting<br> | |||
at the Roer River Dams. For this the Unit was awarded the Presidental Unit Citation. The three Spears symbolises advance through Normandy, northern France and Germany.<br> | |||
The Escutcheon alludes to the Arms of Luxembourg, and stands for the Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, awarded for Liberating the Country. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]]: | [[Literature]]: Army Lineage Series Armor-Cavalry Part I Regular Army and Army Reserve. | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] |