IV Corps, US Army

IV CORPS, US ARMY

History: IV Corps was inactived in 1968.

(Shoulder Sleeve Insignia)

Official blazon

A disc 2 1/4 inches (5.72cm) in diameter quadrated white and blue. The white in the heraldic first and fourth quarters, the blue in the second and third.

Origin/meaning

The quartering of the SSI alludes to The Number of the Corps . The shoulder sleeve insignia was authorized for the IV Corps on 28 Dec 1918 and officially announced on 17 Jun 1922. It was redesignated to the IV U.S. Army Corps on 26 Jan 1959. A distinctive unit insignia was not approved for the IV U. S. Army Corps.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.

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