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English: US 12th Field Artillery Regiment

Coat of Arms.

Blazon

Shield: Gules, a fleur-de-lis Argent crowned Or; on a canton of the like an Aztec banner Vert garnished of the second.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, a the shoulder sleeve insignia of the regiment Proper (a horizontal oblong of Sable charged with the mullet Argent and Indian head of the Second Division).

Motto: NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE (Neither Rashly nor Timidly).

Symbolism

The single fleur-de-lis of silver is taken from the arms of Soissons, where the regiment performed such distinguished service that it was cited by the French in Orders of the Army. The regiment had its baptism of fire near Verdun, the arms of which have one fleur-de-lis crowned all gold. The canton carried the Aztec banner from the crest of the parent organization, the 3rd Field Artillery.

Obtained from US Army Institute of Heraldry at http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/ . Image and text from http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/FA/12FieldArtilleryRegiment.htm
Source

Transferred from en.wikipedia; Transfer was stated to be made by User:Nobunaga24.

Date

2006-12-26 (original upload date)

Author

Original uploader was Hammon27 at en.wikipedia

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Public domain This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia produced by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry. It is in the public domain but its use is restricted by Title 18, United States Code, Section 704 and the Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR, Part 507). Permission to use these images for commercial purposes must be obtained from The Institute of Heraldry prior to their use. The seal of the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry


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