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134TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Or, on a bend Gules between a Roman sword in sheath point to base and a prickly pear cactus both Vert, three alerions of the field, a bordure of the second.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a tripartite Gold scroll inscribed SWIFT AND SURE in Red letters.

Symbolism
The insignia of the 107th Cavalry Regiment, the parent organization, has been placed within a border for difference for the 134th Field Artillery Battalion, which descended from the 2nd Squadron of the Regiment.  The shield is yellow for Cavalry.  The bend charged with the alerions, taken from the arms of Lorraine, represents World War I service and the red indicates the 107th Cavalry Regiment served as Field Artillery during the war.  The Roman sword in sheath symbolizes service in the Spanish-American War and the cactus for Mexican border duty.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 6 February 1952.  It was rescinded on 13 December 1960.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Or, on a bend Gules between a Roman sword in sheath point to base and a prickly pear cactus both Vert, three alerions of the field, a bordure of the second.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (Aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with bursting burr).

Motto

SWIFT AND SURE.

Symbolism

Shield

The coat of arms of the 107th Cavalry Regiment, the parent organization, has been placed within a border for difference for the 134th Field Artillery Battalion, which descended from the 2nd Squadron of the Regiment.  The shield is yellow for Cavalry.  The bend charged with the alerions, taken from the arms of Lorraine, represents World War I service and the red indicates the 107th Cavalry Regiment served as Field Artillery during the war.  The Roman sword in sheath symbolizes service in the Spanish-American War and the cactus for Mexican border duty.

Crest

The crest is that of the Ohio Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 6 February 1952.  It was rescinded on 13 December 1960.





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