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226TH ENGINEER BATTALION

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Distinctive Unit Insignia

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Description

A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules, on a fess potenté counter-potenté Argent a bar Azure.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "SAY WHEN" in Blue letters.

Symbolism

Scarlet and white are for Engineers; blue is for Infantry.  The wide white (silver) band and the narrow blue band stand for the two-fold mission of the Battalion, i.e., to support by means of engineer work and to perform infantry combat missions when required.  The term "potenté" signifies a crutch, (i.e., a support).

Background

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 30 April 1963.  It was rescinded on 23 February 1980.

Coat of Arms

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Description

Gules, on a fess potenté counter-potenté Argent a bar Azure. That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Kansas Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, a sunflower slipped Proper. SAY WHEN.

Symbolism

Scarlet and white are for Engineers; blue is for Infantry.  The wide white band and the narrow blue band stand for the two-fold mission of the Battalion, i.e., to support by means of engineer work and to perform infantry combat missions when required.  The term "potenté" signifies a crutch, (i.e., a support)> The crest is that of the Kansas Army National Guard.

Background

The coat of arms was approved on 30 April 1963.  It was rescinded on 26 June 1968, when the unit became a flexible battalion.

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