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230TH ENGINEER BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

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 bend enhanced Argent surmounting a lightning flash bend sinisterwise throughout Sable fimbriated of the second a bridge section throughout, issuant and radiant from base a sheaf of five arrows Silver.  Attached beneath and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed INICIMUS PONTES ITINERE in Black letters.

Symbolism
Scarlet (Gules) and white (Argent) are the colors of the Corps of Engineers.  The section of the bridge crossing the lightning flash symbolizes the Battalions mission to facilitate operations.  The black flash also depicts the effective destructive power of the units demolitions.  The arrows represent the organizations constitution and first service as an Engineer Combat Battalion.   The motto translates to We Bridge The Way.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 230th Armored Engineer Battalion on 15 September 1955.  It was redesignated for the 230th Engineer Battalion on 4 November 1960.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Gules, on a bend enhanced Argent surmounting a lightning flash bend sinisterwise throughout Sable fimbriated of the second a bridge section throughout, issuant and radiant from base a sheaf of five arrows Silver.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Tennessee Army National Guard:  From a wreath Argent and Gules, upon a mount Vert a hickory tree Proper charged with three mullets one and two Argent.

Motto

INICIMUS PONTES ITINERE (We Bridge The Way).

Symbolism

Shield

Scarlet (Gules) and white (Argent) are the colors of the Corps of Engineers.  The section of the bridge crossing the lightning flash symbolizes the Battalions mission to facilitate operations.  The black flash also depicts the effective destructive power of the units demolitions.  The arrows represent the organizations constitution and first service as an Engineer Combat Battalion.

Crest

The crest is that of the Tennessee Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 230th Armored Engineer Battalion on 15 September 1955.  It was redesignated for the 230th Engineer Battalion on 4 November 1960.  The insignia was cancelled on 28 January 1974.  It was reinstated for the 230th Engineer Battalion on 16 February 1996.





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