File:161st Medical Battalion COA.png

Description161st Medical Battalion COA.png	English: Coat of Arms (COA) of the 161st Medical Battalion, part of the Alabama Army National Guard.
Date	27 July 2001
Source	161st Medical Battalion heraldry from the Institute of Heraldry website
Author	United States Army        Authority file : Q9212 VIAF: 135579316 ISNI: 0000000121632208 ULAN: 500312951 LCCN: n79063202 NLA: 35562961 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q9212

Blazon

• Shield: Sanguine, a broad arrow Or voided of the field overall a saltire Argent bearing seven mullets with one in chief dexter of the second, superimposed by a sea-lion Celeste charged with a stylized azalea blossom on the shoulder Gules garnished and fimbriated of the second and in its dexter claw a Polynesian war-club of the fifth.
• Crest: That for regiments and separate battalions of the Alabama Army National Guard: From a wreath Or and Sanguine, a slip of cotton plant with full bursting boll, Proper.
• Motto: "Conservo et Supero" (I Conserve and I Conquer)

Symbolism

• Shield: Maroon and white are traditionally used by the Medical Corps. Gold is emblematic of honor and achievement. Blue recalls Infantry and the unit's long service as an Infantry unit in the Indian Wars, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I and World War II. The sea-lion is taken from the seal of the President of the Philippines and commemorates the battalion's earning the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The Polynesian war-club and the broad arrow highlight the assault landing in New Guinea. The azalea represents the organization's home base of Mobile, Alabama. The saltire is adapted from the Alabama State Flag and the stars aligned on the saltire refer to the unit's Confederate Civil War Service.
• Crest: The crest is that of the Alabama Army National Guard.

Background

The coat of arms was approved on 27 July 2001.

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