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|align="center"|[[File:729tpbn.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:729tpbn.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Coat of Arms) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:729tpbndui.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:729tpbndui.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Distinctive Unit Insignia) | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Crest: That for regiments and separated battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Or and | Shield: Per bend Or and Gules sideview of locomotive from sinister counterchanged.<br> | ||
Crest: That for regiments and separated battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Or and Gules, 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.<br> | |||
Motto: Equites Ferri (Iron Horsemen). | |||
Distinctive Unit insignia, Description: A Goeld metala nd enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per bend Or and Gules sideview of locomotive from sinister counterchanged. Attached below and to teh sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed "EQUITES FERRI" in Red letters. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Shield is in the colours of the Transportation Corps. The Locomotive symbolises the functions of the Battalion. | |||
The Coat of Arms and Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved on 8 February 1952 for the 729th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion. They was redesignated for the 729th Transportation Battalion on 6 September 1960. | |||
[[Literature]]: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category: Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1952]] | |||