File:US Army Band COA.PNG
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[edit]DescriptionUS Army Band COA.PNG |
English: US Army Band COA |
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Source | US Army Institute of Heraldry | ||||
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English: United States Army |
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English: US Army Institute of Heraldry |
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[edit]- Shield:
- The eight red and white bars represent the eight notes in octave music.
- The blue border is taken from the Great Seal of the United States and surrounds the entire shield, which symbolizes the Army as a whole and the Army Band's position as the chief musical organization of the Army.
- The sword, symbolizing the Army, and the baton, symbolizing the band further depicts the band's relationship to the Army.
- The inescutheon from the Rhineland coat of arm's represents the campaign credit for the Band's participation in the Rhineland campaign of World War II.
- Crest:
- Above a wreath Argent and Gules a large silver star is taken from the Branch insignia of the General Staff and recalls the position by General Pershing when he founded the band in 1922.
- A laurel wreath, the symbol of honor and prominence, surrounds the star and is appropriately shaped like a music lyre.
- The bugle is one of the earliest musical instruments used by military bands and is historically a symbol of military bands.
- Motto: PERSHING'S OWN.
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current | 15:33, 20 May 2007 | 400 × 569 (303 KB) | CORNELIUSSEON (talk | contribs) | ==Coat of Arms.== ===Blazon:=== ====Shield:==== * The eight red and white bars represent the eight notes in octave music. * The blue border is taken from the Great Seal of the United States and surrounds the entire shield, which symbolizes the Army as | |
12:09, 12 August 2006 | 158 × 225 (59 KB) | SunKing~commonswiki (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Coat of Arms of the Army Band |Source=www.usarmyband.com |Date=August 12, 2006 |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} | ||
07:25, 15 January 2006 | 128 × 182 (14 KB) | CORNELIUSSEON (talk | contribs) | ==Distinctive Unit Insignia.== ===Description:=== * A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of two gold sprigs of laurel entwined as a lyre shaped wreath, its cross bar a Blue wavy cross bar, overall a Whit |
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