OREGON ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ELEMENT, JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS
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Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon
That for regiments and separate battalions of the Oregon Army National Guard:  From a wreath of colors, a demi-disc Gules charged with the setting sun with twelve light rays Or (the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 41st Division), behind a beaver sejant Proper.

Symbolism
The setting sun alludes to the Northwest, the station of the 41st Division, of which the majority of Oregon troops are a part.  The beaver superimposed upon the face of the setting sun alludes to the State itself.

Background
The crest for color bearing organizations of the State of Oregon was approved on 24 May 1924.  It was amended to change the description on 26 September 1925.





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