50TH ARMOR REGIMENT (OBSOLETE INSIGNIA)
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules, a Gatling gun Or, in base a giant cactus and shoulder sleeve insignia 29th Division Proper, on a canton Argent a saltire Azure.  Attached above the shield from a wreath Or and Gules, a lions head Or collared four fusils Gules.  Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed IN VIA in Black letters.

Symbolism
The shield is red for Artillery.  The Gatlin gun alludes to the service of the former Gatling Gun Company, and shows that the 157th Field Artillery is an outgrowth of the 112th Field Artillery.  The giant cactus represents service on the Mexican Border, and the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 29th Division represents World War I overseas service.  The canton represents the Civil War service of Battery B as the Camden Light Artillery Company.  The motto translates to On The Way.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 157th Field Artillery Regiment on 27 July 1939.  It was redesignated for the 157th Field Artillery Battalion on 22 August 1942.  It was redesignated for the 114th Medium Tank Battalion on 17 November 1953.  The insignia was redesignated for the 50th Armor Regiment on 2 June 1961.  It was rescinded on 11 March 1977.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Description

Shield

Gules, a Gatling gun Or, in base a giant cactus and shoulder sleeve insignia 29th Division Proper, on a canton Argent a saltire Azure.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the New Jersey Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a lions head erased Or collared four fusils Gules.

Motto

IN VIA (On The Way).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is red for Artillery.  The Gatlin gun alludes to the service of the former Gatling Gun Company, and shows that the 157th Field Artillery is an outgrowth of the 112th Field Artillery.  The giant cactus represents service on the Mexican Border, and the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 29th Division represents World War I overseas service.  The canton represents the Civil War service of Battery B as the Camden Light Artillery Company.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the New Jersey Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a lions head erased Or collared four fusils Gules.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 157th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 August 1939.  It was redesignated for the 157th Field Artillery Battalion on 29 September 1942.  It was redesignated for the 114th Medium Tank Battalion on 17 November 1953.  The insignia was redesignated for the 50th Armor Regiment on 2 June 1961.  It was rescinded on 11 March 1977.





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