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English: US 5th Field Artillery Regiment
Coat of Arms. BlazonShield: Gules, the liberty bell Or between five arrows point down in fess palewas and one in base fessways the later broken Sable fimbriated Argent. On a chief embattled Vert fimbriated Argent a five-pointed mullet of the last (for the 12th Corps, Civil War). Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, on a mount an oak tree fructed of 13 acorns and penetrated transversely in the main stem by a frame saw Proper, the frame Or (For Alexander Hamilton). Motto: FAITHFUL AND TRUE. SymbolismThe shield is scarlet for Artillery. The Liberty Bell alludes to the Revolutionary War. The five arrows commemorate the Indian War campaign credit of old Company "F", 4th Artillery. The broken arrow is indicative of the engagement near Vincennes, Indiana, 4 November 1791, in which all officers and two-thirds of the men of Bradford's Company, Battalion of Artillery, were killed. The embattled partition line refers to the ramparts of Chapultapec and denotes service during the Mexican War. The star, the insignia of the 12th Corps in which Batteries of the Regiment served, is representative of the Civil War. Crest: The crest is that of the Hamilton family (Alexander Hamilton being a former commander of one of the elements of the regiment). Obtained from US Army Institute of Heraldry at http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/ . Image and text at http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/FA/5FieldArtilleryRegiment.htm |
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2006-12-23 (original upload date) |
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Original uploader was Hammon27 at en.wikipedia |
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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. |  |
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