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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third.<br> | Shield:Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third.<br> | ||
Crest: None. <br> | Crest:None. <br> | ||
Motto: EYES OF LIGHTNING. | Motto:EYES OF LIGHTNING. | ||
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third. Attached below the shield is a Gold scroll inscribed "EYES OF LIGHTNING" in Black letters. | Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description:A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned:Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third. Attached below the shield is a Gold scroll inscribed "EYES OF LIGHTNING" in Black letters. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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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 1982]] | [[Category:Granted 1982]] |
Latest revision as of 05:52, 13 August 2024
125TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION, US ARMY
(Coat of Arms) |
(Distinctive Unit Insignia) |
Official blazon
Shield:Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third.
Crest:None.
Motto:EYES OF LIGHTNING.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description:A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned:Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third. Attached below the shield is a Gold scroll inscribed "EYES OF LIGHTNING" in Black letters.
Origin/meaning
Oriental blue and silver (gray) are the Military Intelligence colors. The unsheathed weapons connote readiness and the heraldic rose alludes to the subrosa mission of the organization. The stars symbolize the wartime service of two elements of the unit and the color red indicates their decorations for action in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The Coat of Arms and the Distinctive Unit Insignia, was approved on 26 November 1982.
Literature: Image from Olompvo on Pinterest. DUI from Wikimedia Commons. Information from the Institute of Heraldry, US Army.
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