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| ( | |Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: A Green vertical oval edged with a 1/16 inch (.16 cm) Yellow border within a Green vertical designation band edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) Yellow border and inscribed “BUCKINGHAM COUNTY” arcing to base in Yellow letters; overall a knight in White armor helm plumed Black garbed in a Yellow cape lined Black grasping a shield blazoned: Quartered Or and Vert in his right hand, a Yellow lance in his left, astride a black horse caparisoned White, Green and Yellow. The overall dimensions are 3 9/16 inches (9.05 cm) in height by 3 1/8 inches (7.94 cm) in width. | ||
Shoulder Loop Insignia. Description: A gold metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in diameter consisting of a gold disc with a green base surmounted by a gold knight on a gold horse detailed black carrying in his right hand a gold staff flotant with a black banner arcing above, inscribed “MOUNTED KNIGHTS” in gold letters. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Green and gold (yellow) are the school colors. The knight is the school mascot and champion; he reflects the cadets’ dedication to school, community and country. | |||
Shoulder Loop Insignia: Green and gold are the school colors. The mounted knight is the school mascot. The knight champions the county’s cause of a quality education for the cadets and they in, turn are, dedicated to honor and defend school, community and country. | |||
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 8 December 1997. The Shoulder Loop Insignia was approved on 28 October 1997. | |||
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[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1997]] |