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===Official blazon=== | ===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 | 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=== | ===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 | 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. | Designed by British heraldic artist Dan Escott and completed in 1967. | ||
[[Literature]]: The Heraldry Gazette | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] |