File:521st Maintenance Battalion COA.gif

Description521st Maintenance Battalion COA.gif	English: Coat of Arms (COA) of the 521st Maintenance Battalion, part of the United States Army Reserve.
Date	22 August 1996
Source	521st Maintenance Battalion from the Institute of Heraldry website
Author	United States Army        Authority file : Q9212 VIAF: 135579316 ISNI: 0000000121632208 ULAN: 500312951 LCCN: n79063202 NLA: 35562961 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q9212

• Shield: Per fess urdy Celeste and Crimson charged with a wrench bendwise Argent surmounted by a sword palewise Or oppressed by another wrench bendwise sinister of the third.
• Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Celeste, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• Motto: "Support with Distinction"

• Shield: Crimson and light blue are the colors used for Maintenance units. The sword is indicative of the complete arsenal of military weapons and components and, together with the wrenches, alludes to the basic mission.
• Crest: The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

The coat of arms was approved on 22 Aug 1996.

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