Ohio Army National Guard
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
gold and silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/32
inches (2.62 cm) in height overall consisting of a green
pentagon, one point up, bearing the crest for the Army
National Guard of the State of Ohio: On a white and red
wreath in front of a bunch of silver arrows a red
buckeye with green husk and leaves.
- Symbolism: The
design of the distinctive unit insignia is based on the
crest for the Army National Guard of the State of Ohio.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for
State Staff Corps and Departments, Ohio National Guard
on 16 May 1929. It was redesignated for Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment and noncolor bearing units of
the Ohio Army National Guard on 31 July 1970. The
insignia was redesignated effective 31 March 1983, for
Headquarters, State Area Command, Ohio Army National
Guard.
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Shoulder
Sleeve Insignia
- Description: On
a blue triangular background, one point down, with a
1/16 inch (.16 cm) white border and a 3/16 inch (.48 cm)
red border, the whole 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) wide and 3
inches (7.62 cm) high, a white disc 7/8 inch (2.22 cm)
in diameter charged with a red disc 5/8 inch (1.59 cm)
in diameter, above a white star 7/16 inch (1.11 cm) in
diameter.
- Symbolism: The
design of the shoulder sleeve insignia is based on the
Ohio State Flag.
- Background: The
shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Ohio National
Guard on 30 November 1968. It was amended to include a
symbolism on 7 May 1974. The insignia was redesignated
for Headquarters, State Area Command, Ohio Army National
Guard on 30 December 1983.
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Crest
for Coat of Arms
- Description:
That for regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio
Army National Guard: From a wreath of colors, a sheaf of
seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye
(aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with
bursting burr).
- Symbolism:
Ohio, known as the Buckeye State, was the seventeenth
state admitted to the Union and the sheaf of seventeen
arrows appears on the great seal of the State.
- Background: The
crest for color bearing organizations of the State of
Ohio was approved on 10 April 1923. It was amended to
correct the wording of the description on 3 January
1924.
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