Beschreibung

Beschreibung52InfRegtCOA.jpg	52nd Infantry Regiment Coat of Arms
Datum	9. Juni 1921
Quelle	US Army Institute of Heraldry
Urheber	The U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry
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Blazon

• Shield: Azure, on a bend Or a six-pointed mullet Gules; on a sinister canton Argent a fusil of the third bearing a Silver cross patée charged with a Red acorn.

• Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, a mace palewise Or.

• Motto: FORTIS ET CERTUS (Brave and True).

Symbolism

• Shield:

1. The shield is blue for Infantry.
2. The charges on the canton represent the 11th Infantry from which this Regiment was formed in 1917.
3. Its first combat service was in World War I in the Gerardmer Sector in Alsace, a short distance west of Colmar.
4. The bend from the arms of Alsace has been charged with the 6th Division shoulder sleeve insignia to show that the Regiment was with that Division in France.

• Crest:

1. The regiment was formed from a Cadre of the 11th Infantry Regiment in 1917.
2. Its first combat service was in World War I in the Gerardmer Section in Alsace, a short distance west of Colmar; therefore, a mace taken from the arms of Colmar has been used for the crest.

• Background:

1. The coat of arms was originally approved for the 52nd Infantry Regiment on 1921-06-09.
2. It was redesignated for the 52nd Armored Infantry Regiment on 1942-09-29.
3. The insignia was redesignated for the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion on 1944-01-06.
4. It was redesignated for the 52nd Infantry Regiment on 1958-10-31.