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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Argent, on a saltire Azure between in chief a fleur-de-lis Gules, in fess the Corps badge of the 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps during the Spanish War Proper (two White circles overlapping each other one-third radius, resembling the figure “8”) fringed of the third and two bolos saltirewise and in base a bull’s skull of the like, the 2nd Division, 2nd Corps badge of the Civil War of the fourth (a White three-leaf clover with stem, voided).<br> | Shield:Argent, on a saltire Azure between in chief a fleur-de-lis Gules, in fess the Corps badge of the 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps during the Spanish War Proper (two White circles overlapping each other one-third radius, resembling the figure “8”) fringed of the third and two bolos saltirewise and in base a bull’s skull of the like, the 2nd Division, 2nd Corps badge of the Civil War of the fourth (a White three-leaf clover with stem, voided).<br> | ||
Crest: That for regiments and separate battalions of the Minnesota Army National Guard: From a wreath Argent and Azure, a sheaf of wheat Proper. | Crest:That for regiments and separate battalions of the Minnesota Army National Guard:From a wreath Argent and Azure, a sheaf of wheat Proper. | ||
Motto: To the last man. | Motto:To the last man. | ||
Distinctive Unit Insignia, Description: A Silver color metal and enamel device 1⅛ inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, on a saltire Azure between in chief a fleur-de-lis Gules, in fess the Corps badge of the 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps during the Spanish War Proper (two Silver circles overlapping each other one-third radius, resembling the figure “8”) fringed of the third and two bolos saltirewise and in base a bull’s skull of the like, the 2nd Division, 2nd Corps badge of the Civil War of the fourth (a Silver three-leaf clover with stem, voided). Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed “TO THE LAST MAN” in Blue letters. | Distinctive Unit Insignia, Description:A Silver color metal and enamel device 1⅛ inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:Argent, on a saltire Azure between in chief a fleur-de-lis Gules, in fess the Corps badge of the 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps during the Spanish War Proper (two Silver circles overlapping each other one-third radius, resembling the figure “8”) fringed of the third and two bolos saltirewise and in base a bull’s skull of the like, the 2nd Division, 2nd Corps badge of the Civil War of the fourth (a Silver three-leaf clover with stem, voided). Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed “TO THE LAST MAN” in Blue letters. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The arms were approved on 23 June 1926, and the Distictive Unit Insignia on 18 June 1926. They was amended to show additional War Service on 19 December 1951. | The arms were approved on 23 June 1926, and the Distictive Unit Insignia on 18 June 1926. They was amended to show additional War Service on 19 December 1951. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons{{us}} | [[Literature]]:Image from Wikimedia Commons{{us}} | ||
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