Category:11th Infantry Regiment Heraldry
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Coat of Arms
[edit]Blazon
[edit]- Shield: Azure, Satanta's arrow in fess Argent between in chief a castle Or in base a kampilan and bolo in saltire of the second hilted of the third. On a chief embattled of the second a cross Gules.
- Crest: On a wreath of the colors a fusil Gules bearing a cross patée Argent charged with an acorn of the first.
- Motto: SEMPER FIDELIS (Always Faithful).
Symbolism
[edit]- The shield is blue for infantry.
- Service in the Spanish War is shown by the castle and in the Indian Wars by Satanta's "arrow."
- The most important Indian campaign of this regiment was against the Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyenne in 1874.
- Satanta was a noted Kiowa chief who died just previous to this campaign. His "arrow" was really a spear with feathers on the end and a handle.
- The kampilan and bolo represent engagements against the Moros of Mindanao and the Filipinos of the Visayas.
- Service in the World War is shown by the chief bearing the cross of the ancient Lords of Dun to commemorate the crossing of the Meuse at Dun.
- The embattled partition represents the siege of Chattanooga in 1863.
- The crest consists of the Civil War badges of the 1st Division, 14th Army Corps and 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, and the World War 5th Division shoulder sleeve insignia.
Background
[edit]- The coat of arms was approved on 1920-10-12.
Distinctive Unit Insignia
[edit]Description
[edit]- A silver color metal and enamel device 1⅛ inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, Satanta's arrow in fess Argent between in chief a castle Or in base a kampilan and bolo in saltire of the second hilted of the third.
- On a chief embattled of the second a cross Gules.
Symbolism
[edit]- The shield is blue for infantry.
- Service in the Spanish War is shown by the castle and in the Indian Wars by Satanta's "arrow."
- The most important Indian campaign of this regiment was against the Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyenne in 1874.
- Satanta was a noted Kiowa chief who died just previous to this campaign. His "arrow" was really a spear with feathers on the end and a handle.
- The kampilan and bolo represent engagements against the Moros of Mindanao and the Filipinos of the Visayas.
- Service in the World War is shown by the chief bearing the cross of the ancient Lords of Dun to commemorate the crossing of the Meuse at Dun.
- The embattled partition represents the siege of Chattanooga in 1863.
- The crest consists of the Civil War badges of the 1st Division, 14th Army Corps and 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, and the World War 5th Division shoulder sleeve insignia.
Background
[edit]- The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 1923-03-28.
Flag
[edit]Description
[edit]- Size:
- Hoist: Three Feet.
- Fly: Four Feet.
- Organizational colors:
- Background: National flag blue
- Fringe: Yellow.
- Letters and Numbers: National Flag Blue
- Scrolls: Yellow
- Arms:
- The flag has a solid background with an embroidered American eagle displayed centered thereon, in Proper Colors.
- In its right talon the eagle holds an olive branch; in its left talon, a bundle of 13 arrows, all in proper colors.
- Its beak grasps a scroll inscribed with the unit motto.
- Below the eagle is a scroll inscribed with the designation of the organization.
- On the eagle’s breast is embroidered the shield of the coat of arms and the crest is above the eagle’s head.
Media in category "11th Infantry Regiment Heraldry"
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Categories:
- Infantry Unit heraldry of the United States Army
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Shiloh Campaign, 6-7 April 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Murfreesboro Campaign, 26 December 1862-4 January 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Chickamauga Campaign, 16 August - 22 September 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Chattanooga Campaign, 23-27 November 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Atlanta Campaign, 7 May-2 September 1864
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Kentucky Campaign, 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Mississippi Campaign, 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Tennessee Campaign, 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Georgia Campaign, 1864
- Unit Heraldry of the American Indian Wars
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Comanches Campaign
- Heraldry of US units that served in the Spanish-American War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the PUERTO RICO 1898 Campaign
- Heraldry of US Army units that served in the Philippine Insurrection
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the MINDANAO 1902-1905 Campaign
- Unit Heraldry of the First World War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the ST. MIHIEL 1918 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the MEUSE-ARGONNE 1918 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Alsace 1918 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Lorraine 1918 Campaign
- Unit Heraldry of the Second World War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater NORMANDY 1944 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater NORTHERN FRANCE 1944 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater RHINELAND 1944-1945 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater ARDENNES-ALSACE 1944-1945 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater CENTRAL EUROPE 1945 Campaign
- Unit Heraldry of the Vietnam War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE V 1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE VI, 1968-1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the TET 69/COUNTEROFFENSIVE, 1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM SUMMER-FALL 1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM WINTER-SPRING 1970 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the SANCTUARY COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1970 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE VII, 1970-1971 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the CONSOLIDATION I 1971 Campaign