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170TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a gold Gothic arch, the opening divided vertically green and scarlet and bearing throughout a gold fleur-de-lis surmounted at center by a black disc behind a pair of gold scales with a wavy beam level, and extending beyond disc and the scale pans terminating at base of arch, the arch inscribed at top "FIRST IN PEACE AND WAR" in black letters.

Symbolism
Green and yellow (gold) are the colors used for Military Police. The Gothic arch is symbolic of the areas comprising the Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns and is used to represent the unit's participation there during World War II. Red and green refer to the French Croix de Guerre awarded the unit for action along the Moselle River represented by the wavy beam. The fleur-de-lis is symbolic of France and refers to both the Normandy and Northern France campaigns. The black disc simulates a cannon ball and together with the colors scarlet and gold (yellow) alludes to Artillery, the unit's former designation. A doorway implies protection and barrier, and with the scale of justice refers to the overall mission of the organization.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 24 February 1971.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon
Vert, a Gothic arch Or masoned Sable, voided Gules, environing a fleur-de-lis of the second throughout, charged with a pellet surmounted by the wavy beam of a balance of the last. That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Georgia Army National Guard: From a wreath Or and Vert, a boar's head erased Gules, in the mouth an oak branch of the second fructed of the first. FIRST IN PEACE AND WAR.

Symbolism
Green and yellow (gold) are the colors used for Military Police. The Gothic arch symbolic of the areas comprising the Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns and represents the unit's participation there during World War II. Red and green refer to the French Croix de Guerre awarded to the unit for action along the Moselle River represented by the wavy beam. The fleur-de-lis is symbolic of France and refers to both the Normandy and Northern France campaigns. The black disc simulates a cannon ball and together with the colors scarlet and gold (yellow) alludes to Artillery, the unit's former designation. A doorway implies protection and barrier, and with the scale of justice refers to the overall mission of the organization. The crest is that of the Georgia Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 10 May 2006.





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