78th Signal Battalion, US Army

78TH SIGNAL BATTALION, US ARMY

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Per Cross Tenné, a fret containing and interlaced with an annulet, the slatire bands terminating in flashes throughout all counterchanged
Crest: On a wreath of colours, Argent and Tenné,a sea lion naiant Or, langued Azure, supporting an equilateral trinagle point up Azure, charged with a sun rayonnant with eight groups of rays of the third
Motto: Never bettered

Distinctive Unit Insignia Description: Ailsver color metal and enamel device 1 !7( incehes (2,86 cm) in height overall, consiting of a stylized Philippine sun superimposed by a silver and orange lightning flash crossed diagonally, overall a lozenge divided crosswise silver and orange bearing another lozenge divided crosswise orange and silver, at top an arced silver scroll inscribed "NEVER" and at bottom an arced silver scroll inscribed "BETTERED" all in black letters and overall at center a gold sea lion.

Origin/meaning

Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army