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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Green and Yellow are the colours of the Military Police. The Cross Bottony is from the Maryland State Flag, indicating the home area. | Green and Yellow are the colours of the Military Police. The Cross Bottony is from the Maryland State Flag, indicating the home area. The beam scales symbolises equal justice adn lawful process defended by the Unit. The Fleur-de-lis indicates service in France and Central Europe, during World War I and II. The Arrowhead denote the assault landing in Normandy on D-day 1944. The Coat of Arms was approved on 10 June 1999 and the distinctive Unit Insignia on 15 February 1974. | ||
The beam scales symbolises equal justice adn lawful process defended by the Unit. The Fleur-de-lis indicates service in France and Central Europe, | |||
during World War I and II. The Arrowhead denote the assault landing in Normandy on D-day 1944. The Coat of Arms was approved on 10 June 1999 and | |||
the distinctive Unit Insignia on 15 February 1974 | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]]: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army | [[Literature]]: 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 1974]] | |||
[[Category: Granted 1999]] |