US Army Standardisation Group, London

US ARMY STANDARDISATION GROUP, LONDON

Official blazon

A griffin rampant or with two heads, dexter an eagle and sinister a lion, holding in its dexter talon a sword balde proper hilt or and in its sinister talon a sheaf of arrows proper.

Origin/meaning

The Griffin with the heads of a Eagle and a Griffin represent the co-joining of US and UK military efforts. The Sword symbolises the British Army and the Sheaf of Arrows is from the Arms of the United States. Designed by British heraldic artist Dan Escott and completed in 1967.

Literature: The Heraldry Gazette