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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Argent, a lion rampant double queued Gules, armed and langued Sable, and a fess archy counterchanged, in base a battle-axe fesswise of the last. <br> | |||
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Argent 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: NEVER SO MUCH – BY SO FEW. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, a lion rampant double queued Gules, armed and langued Sable, and a fess archy counterchanged, in base a battle-axe fesswise of the last. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed “NEVER SO MUCH – BY SO FEW” in Black letters. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== |
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458TH ENGINEER BATTALION, US ARMY
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Official blazon
Shield: Argent, a lion rampant double queued Gules, armed and langued Sable, and a fess archy counterchanged, in base a battle-axe fesswise of the last.
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Argent 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.
Motto: NEVER SO MUCH – BY SO FEW.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, a lion rampant double queued Gules, armed and langued Sable, and a fess archy counterchanged, in base a battle-axe fesswise of the last. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed “NEVER SO MUCH – BY SO FEW” in Black letters.
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