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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The quills allude to the unit's mission and are crossed to represent strength and support. The polestar symbolizes the unit's location in the far north and the lozenge is adpted from the Finance corps insignia of Branch. The fountain symbolising water, suggests the Mediterranean Sea and denotes the unit's World War II service in the European-African-Middle East Theater. The arms were approved on 16 May 1994. | The quills allude to the unit's mission and are crossed to represent strength and support. The polestar symbolizes the unit's location in the far north and the lozenge is adpted from the Finance corps insignia of Branch. The fountain symbolising water, suggests the Mediterranean Sea and denotes the unit's World War II service in the European-African-Middle East Theater. The arms were approved on 16 May 1994. | ||
[[Literature]]: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army | [[Literature]]: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category: Granted 1994]] | [[Category: Granted 1994]] | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 20 August 2023
267TH FINANCE BATTALION, US ARMY
Official blazon
Argent, two crossed quills Gules superimposed by a polestar Azure bearing a lozenge with axis horizontal Or.
Crest: From a wreath Argent and Gules a fountain encircled by a wreath of laurel Or.
Motto: Arctic Paymasters
Origin/meaning
The quills allude to the unit's mission and are crossed to represent strength and support. The polestar symbolizes the unit's location in the far north and the lozenge is adpted from the Finance corps insignia of Branch. The fountain symbolising water, suggests the Mediterranean Sea and denotes the unit's World War II service in the European-African-Middle East Theater. The arms were approved on 16 May 1994. Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army