3rd Infantry Regiment, US Army
3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, US ARMY
Official blazon
Argent, six pallets Gules an escutcheon blazoned “Argent a mount Vert debruising all but the embattlements of a castle and tower Gules” on a chief Azure three crosses patee of the first.
When desired, the shield of the coat of arms may be encircled with an Infantry officer’s dress belt (paragraph 2, Special Regulation 42, 1917) Or bar tierced Celestial Blue edged Sable with the buckle plate of the period of the first at top between the designation “3 Infantry” and the date “1784,” and inscribed in base the motto “Noli Me Tangere,” all lettered Sable; the arms and belt surmounting a triangular bayonet of the Civil War era and the Regiment’s drum major’s Chapultepec baton in saltire all Proper, the baton being the one made from the City of Mexico flag pole at the time of its capture, and still in the possession of the 3rd Infantry Regiment.
The encircling belt with crossed bayonet and baton will not be used on the organizational color.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure an Infantry officer's cocked hat Sable trimmed of the first, cockade of the third, center medallion and plume White.
Motto: NOLI ME TANGERE.
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