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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Coat of Arms) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}dui.jpg|center|350px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Distinctive Unit Insignia) | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Gules, a bend sinister Or. | Shield: Gules, a bend sinister Or.<br> | ||
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, two kampilans in saltire Argent, hilted Or charged with a crescent Gules a rattlesnake with four rattles entwined with the weapons Proper. | Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, two kampilans in saltire Argent, hilted Or charged with a crescent Gules a rattlesnake with four rattles entwined with the weapons Proper.<br> | ||
Motto: NULLI VESTIGIA RETRORSUM = No Step Backward. | Motto: NULLI VESTIGIA RETRORSUM = No Step Backward.<br> | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The shield is scarlet for Artillery. The bend sinister, an allusion to the hybrid mule, is indicative of the regiment's former service as pack artillery. Crest: The rattlesnake, a device on the arms of Mexico, refers to the Punitive Expeditions into Mexico. The kampilan and crescent commemorate the services of the regiment against the Moros and in Vera Cruz. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons. | ||
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[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] |