10 Engineer Battalion
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
silver color metal and enamel device 1 7/32 inches (3.10
cm) in height overall consisting of the shield, crest
and motto of the coat of arms, as described below.
- Symbolism: The
parent member of the 6th Engineers saw service with
Scott in Mexico - the two crescents are from General
Scott's coat of arms - and in the Civil War. Black was
the color of the facings of the Engineers in the Civil
War. The anchor and oars was the badge of the Engineers
and Pontoniers of the Army of the Potomac. The wavy pale
on the upper part of the shield recalls the Marne which
the regiment bridged and the seven-pointed star from the
cap badge of the Australians recalls the cooperation on
the Amiens front. The crest is a silver oak wreath to
represent the capture of Clairs Chenes (The Cleared
Oaks) Woods, October 20, 1918. The black gear suggests
the motorized and mechanized equipment with which the
10th Engineer Battalion operates.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for
the 10th Engineer Battalion (Combat) on 17 October 1941.
It was redesignated for the 10th Engineer Combat
Battalion on 26 May 1954. The insignia was redesignated
for the 10th Engineer Battalion on 13 December 1956.
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Coat
of Arms
- Description:
Shield: Argent, an anchor debruised by two oars
saltirewise between in fess two increscents all Sable;
on a chief of the last a pale wavy Or bearing a
seven-pointed mullet Gules. Crest: On a wreath of the
colors (Argent and Sable) within a garland of oak
fructed Argent a spur gear Sable. Motto: Laboramus
Sustinere (We Work to Assist).
- Symbolism:
Shield: The parent member of the 6th Engineers saw
service with Scott in Mexico - the two crescents are
from General Scott's coat of arms - and in the Civil
War. Black was the color of the facings of the Engineers
in the Civil War. The anchor and oars was the badge of
the Engineers and Pontoniers of the Army of the Potomac.
The wavy pale on the upper part of the shield recalls
the Marne which the regiment bridged and the
seven-pointed star from the cap badge of the Australians
recalls the cooperation on the Amiens front. Crest: .
The crest is a silver oak wreath to represent the
capture of Clairs Chenes (The Cleared Oaks) Woods,
October 20, 1918. The black gear suggests the motorized
and mechanized equipment with which the 10th Engineer
Battalion operates.
- Background: The
coat of arms was originally approved for the 10th
Engineer Battalion (Combat) on 31 August 1940. It was
redesignated for the 10th Engineer Combat Battalion on
26 May 1954. The insignia was redesignated for the 10th
Engineer Battalion on 13 December 1956.
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