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Summary

Description5FARegtCOA.jpg	English: 5th Field Artillrty Regiment Coat Of Arms
Date	24 February 1960
Source	US Army Institute of Heraldry
Author	English: United States Army
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse 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 [1] and the Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR, Part 507) [2], [3]. Permission to use these images in the USA for most commercial purposes must be obtained from The Institute of Heraldry prior to their use. Deutsch ∙ English ∙ فارسی ∙ 日本語 ∙ русский ∙ +/− – English: US Army Institute of Heraldry

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Coat of Arms

Blazon

• Shield:Gules the liberty bell Or between five arrows four point down in fess paleways and one in base fessways the latter broken Sable fimbriated Argent. On a chief embattled Vert fimbriated Argent a five-pointed mullet of the last.

• 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.

• Motto:FAITHFUL AND TRUE.

Symbolism

• Shield:

1. The shield is scarlet for Artillery.
2. The Liberty Bell alludes to the Revolutionary War.
3. The five arrows commemorate the Indian War campaign credit of old Company “F”, 4th Artillery.
4. The broken arrow is indicative of the engagement near Vincennes, Indiana, 1791-11-04, in which all officers and two-thirds of the men of Bradford’s Company, Battalion of Artillery, were killed.
5. The embattled partition line refers to the ramparts of Chapultapec and denotes service during the Mexican War.
6. The star, the insignia of the 12th Corps in which batteries of the Regiment served, is representative of the Civil War.

Background

1. The coat of arms was originally approved for the 5th Field Artillery Regiment on 1924-06-04.
2. It was redesignated for the 5th Field Artillery Battalion on 1944-09-13.
3. The insignia was cancelled on 1960-04-19.
4. It was reinstated and authorized for the 5th Field Artillery Regiment effective 1971-09-01.