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From TIOH:
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Blazon

Shield

Or on a saltire Azure between in fess a cross pattée and a five-bastioned fort Gules and in base a giant cactus Vert, two arrows in a quiver Proper crossed with a bolo Argent hilted Sable.

Crest

On a wreath of the colors a lion passant guardant Or.

Motto

NOLI ME TANGERE (Do Not Touch Me).

Symbolism

Shield

Service in the Civil War is shown by the blue cross from the Confederate flag and the red cross pattée, the badge of the 18th Division, V Corps, in which the regiment served during the greater part of that war. Service in the Mexican War is shown by the cactus; in the War with Spain by the five-bastioned fort, the badge of the V Corps in Cuba. The Indian campaigns of the regiment are shown by the arrows and quiver, and the bolo is for service in the Philippine Insurrection.

Crest

The lion represents the Canadian campaigns of the War of 1812.

 

Background

The coat of arms was approved on 6 June 1921.

Posted this Memorial Day 2010 in honor of my uncle SP4 Murray Sims Moseley (B Co, 1st BN, 2nd Infantry, 1st Inf Div, USARV) who died on April 30, 1966 in the Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam.