56th Armored Infantry Battalion, US Army

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56TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, US ARMY

Coat of arms (crest) of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, US Army
Official blazon
English Per pale argent and sable. On a canton embattled azure, a cross pate (sic) of the first.

Origin/meaning

The shield is silver and black, the same as the arms of the City of Metz, where the 56th Infantry Regiment was engaged in World War I as an element of the 7th Infantry Division. The 56th Infantry Regiment was formed from personnel of the 17th Infantry Regiment, which is indicated in the canton.

The 56th Armored Infantry Battalion was entitled to bear the coat of arms of its predecessor namesake organization, the 56th Armored Infantry Regiment, which was reconstituted from the deactivated 56th Infantry Regiment. Therefore, the shield of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion is the same as the 56th Armored Infantry Regiment, and the 17th and 66th Armored Infantry Battalion shields are derived from the same pattern.

Literature:Image from Wikimedia Commons; Background by Paul Rivette


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