140TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia
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A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, on the dexter arm of a saltire Azure fimbriated Or three alerions Argent between in chief a powder charge and in base a rammer fesswise of the third within a bordure compony-counter-compony of the first and of the last. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed POSSUMUS ET VOLUMUS in Red letters.
The design of the shield was based upon the coats of arms of the old 135th Field Artillery and the 136th Field Artillery from which this organization was descended. Civil War service is indicated by the saltire, World War I service by the three alerions from the Arms of Lorraine. The charges of the rammer and powder charge were used as distinctive to the 155 mm. howitzer. The border is a heraldic mark of difference and indicates descent. The motto translates to We Can and We Will and is an expression of determination of the personnel to always attain their goal.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 174th Field Artillery Regiment on 30 September 1942. It was redesignated for the 174th Field Artillery Battalion on 17 August 1943. The insignia was redesignated for the 140th Field Artillery Battalion on 14 August 1950. It was rescinded on 13 December 1960.
Coat of Arms
Shield
Gules, on the dexter arm of a saltire Azure fimbriated Or three alerions Argent between in chief a powder charge and in base a rammer fesswise of the third within a bordure compony-counter-compony of the first and of the last.
Crest
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Gules and Azure, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (Aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with bursting burr).
Motto
POSSUMUS ET VOLUMUS (We Can and We Will).
Shield
The design of the shield was based upon the coats of arms of the old 135th Field Artillery and the 136th Field Artillery from which this organization was descended. Civil War service is indicated by the saltire, World War I service by the three alerions from the Arms of Lorraine. The charges of the rammer and powder charge were used as distinctive to the 155 mm. howitzer. The border is a heraldic mark of difference and indicates descent.
Crest
The crest is that of the Ohio Army National Guard.
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 174th Field Artillery Regiment on 30 September 1942. It was redesignated for the 174th Field Artillery Battalion on 19 August 1943. It was amended to include the crest for the state of Ohio on 11 September 1943. The insignia was redesignated for the 140th Field Artillery Battalion on 14 August 1950. It was rescinded on 13 December 1960.