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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: A shield with a 1/8 inch (.32cm) green border 2 3/4 inches (6.99cm) in width and 2 9/16 inches (6.51cm) in height overall blazoned: Per fess enhanced Azure and Gules a barrulet enhanced Vert, in chief a label points dovetail Argent. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel "eared" shield 1 inch (2.54cm) in height overall consisting of a red enamel base with a blue enamel chief charged with a white enamel label with three dovetailed points. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Red, white and blue are the National colors, while the label, a symbol of cadency, denotes that the division was one of the first National Army divisions. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia: Blue, white and red are the National colors. The label, a symbol of cadency, is used to recognize the 76th Division as the first division to be constituted in the National Army, 5 August 1917. | |||
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 23 June 1922. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 11 April 1977. | |||
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[[Category: Granted 1922]] | |||
[[Category: Granted 1977]] | |||
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76TH INFANTRY DIVISION ONWARD OR LIBERTY BELL DIVISION, US ARMY
 (Shoulder Sleeve Insignia) |
 (Distinctive Unit Insignia) |
Official blazon
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: A shield with a 1/8 inch (.32cm) green border 2 3/4 inches (6.99cm) in width and 2 9/16 inches (6.51cm) in height overall blazoned: Per fess enhanced Azure and Gules a barrulet enhanced Vert, in chief a label points dovetail Argent.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel "eared" shield 1 inch (2.54cm) in height overall consisting of a red enamel base with a blue enamel chief charged with a white enamel label with three dovetailed points.
Origin/meaning
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Red, white and blue are the National colors, while the label, a symbol of cadency, denotes that the division was one of the first National Army divisions.
Distinctive Unit Insignia: Blue, white and red are the National colors. The label, a symbol of cadency, is used to recognize the 76th Division as the first division to be constituted in the National Army, 5 August 1917.
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 23 June 1922. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 11 April 1977.
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