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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
On an olive drab disc 2 1/4 inches (5.72cm) in diameter bordered 1/8 inch (.23cm) in blue a chevron reversed in white superimposed by a saltire in blue all humetty members 3/8 inch (.95cm) in width. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The shoulder sleeve insignia is in Corps colors, blue and white. With the X over V forming the roman Numeral XV (15). | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons | The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally authorized for the XV Corps on 20 April 1943. It was redesignated on 14 February 1958 for the XV U. S. Army Corps. A distinctive unit insignia was not approved for the XV U. S. Army Corps. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | |||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category: Granted 1943]] |