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Descrizione16 Eng Bn DUI.png | 16th Engineer Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia | ||||
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Fonte | United States Army Institute of Heraldry | ||||
Autore | US Army | ||||
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Distinctive Unit Insignia.
[modifica]Shield
[modifica]- Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per chevron reversed Argent and Gules, on a bar in base Sable fimbriated of the first a cat-a-mountain salient guardant of the third, armed, langued, collared and lined of the second, in sinister chief a mullet voided and fretted Vert. Attached below the shield a silver scroll inscribed "SEMPER ULTIMO" in red letters.
- Symbolism:
- Red and white are the colors used for the Corps of Engineers.
- The bar symbolizes a treadway bridge, the construction of which was a major combat mission of the organization.
- The cat-a-mountain, a European wildcat, indicates the stealth and swiftness required in combat engineer operations, and the soldiers of the battalion are known as "Catamounts."
- The black cat also connotes the darkness in which operations are conducted.
- The star from the flag of French Morocco represents service in that area during World War II.
- The inverted chevron symbolizes the battalion's spearheading of armored engineer activity in World War II.
- Background:
- The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 16th Armored Engineer Battalion on 1962-04-25.
- It was redesignated for the 16th Engineer Battalion on 1957-09-12.
- On 1984-12-05 the insignia was amended to correct the symbolism.
- On 1994-10-21 it was revised to change the description and the symbolism.
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