19 Maintenance Battalion
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
gold color and metal enamel device 1 5/16 inches
(3.33cm) in height overall blazoned: Per pale Or and
Gules, a bordure of nineteen roundels all
counterchanged. Attached below the shield a red scroll
inscribed "MORE THAN EXPECTED" in Gold
letters.
- Symbolism:
Crimson and gold are colors traditionally associated
with the Ordnance Corps, the former organization. The
nineteen cannon balls are used to represent the
numerical designation of the Battalion.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for
the 19th Ordnance Battalion on 4 Dec 1941. It was
rescinded on 28 Mar 1958. On 12 Nov 1965, it was
authorized for the 19th Maintenance Battalion. The
distinctive unit insignia was amended on 16 Feb 1993, to
revise the symbolism and include metric measurements.
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Coat
of Arms
- Description:
Shield: Per pale Or and Gules (Crimson), on a bordure
nineteen roundels all counterchanged. Crest: On a wreath
of the colors Or and Gules (Crimson) a demi lion rampant
of the first armed and langued Celeste resting his
sinister paw on a fleur-de-lis couped of the last and
grasping in his dexter paw a grenade enflamed of five
tongues of Gold. Motto: MORE THAN EXPECTED.
- Symbolism:
Shield: Crimson and gold are colors traditionally
associated with the Ordnance Corps, the former
organization. The nineteen cannon balls are used to
represent the numerical designation of the Battalion.
Crest: The lion and fleur-de-lis refer to the rampant
lions and fleur-de-lis symbols frequently depicted on
the State and Provincial Arms in the European areas
where the unit served during World War II. The grenade
alludes to the Ordnance Corps and refers to the lineage
of the organization. The five-tongued flame represents
the unit's participation in the Normandy, Northern
France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland and Central Europe
campaigns.
- Background: The
coat of arms was originally approved for the 19th
Ordnance Battalion on 4 Dec 1941. It was rescinded on 28
Mar 1958. On 12 Nov 1965, it was authorized for the 19th
Maintenance Battalion. On 7 Sep 1972, the coat of arms
was amended to add a crest. The insignia was cancelled
on 13 Jun 1974. The coat of arms was reinstated on 16
Feb 1993, without the crest and the symbolism was
revised. On 5 Mar 1999, the coat of arms was corrected
to include the previously authorized crest.
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