23rd Infantry Regiment, US Army: Difference between revisions

The shield is blue and white, the present and old Infantry colors. Civil War service is indicated by the white cross of the V Corps, and Philippine Insurrection service by the sea lion taken from the seal of Manila. The Mont Blanc operation of October 1918 in World War I is commemorated by the outline of the lower half of the shield. The 23rd Infantry has the unique distinction of being the first American regiment to circumnavigate the globe and  

Crest: The seven barbs of the sword-breaker (a medieval close combat weapon) and the red and blue taeguk upon its hilt are symbolic of the seven Presidential Unit Citations awarded to the unit in Europe during World War II and in the Korean War. The fleur-de-lis refers to the four awards of the French Croix de Guerre during World War I, three with palm, which are symbolized by the encircling laurel wreath. The arrows allude to participation in the Indian Wars.

The coat of arms was originally approved on 1922-05-04. The original crest was cancelled and a new crest approved with symbolism revised on 1980-03-28. In 2017, responding to the deterioration in clarity of the drawn arms for the 23rd US Infantry Regiment over the years, the change of crest and with the re-emphasis on the ‘regimental family’ as well as the rise in do-it-yourself designing for off-duty and sportswear by units and veterans, the Regiment was gifted with digital re-drawings of the arms. Six variations are shown below. They are freely available for reproduction by active duty and retired members of the Regiment and regimental/battalion/division associations as