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113TH TANK 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:  Per cross Or and Vert, a saltire counterchanged.  Attached below the shield a Gold scroll turned Green inscribed SPEED AND DECISION in Green letters.

Symbolism
Yellow and green are used for Armor.  The division of the shield per cross was suggested by the arms of the ancient town of Dover, for which Dover, New Jersey, the Headquarters of the Battalion, was named.  The saltire was suggested by the arms of Morris, the name of the county in which Dover is located.  The saltire also simulates the sails of a windmill and alludes to the initial Dutch settlement of New Jersey, while saltire and cross taken together, allude to the subsequent occupation and development by the English.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 26 May 1955.  It was rescinded on 28 July 1961.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Per cross Or and Vert, a saltire counterchanged.

Crest

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

Motto

SPEED AND DECISION.

Symbolism

Shield

Yellow and green are used for Armor.  The division of the shield per cross was suggested by the arms of the ancient town of Dover, for which Dover, New Jersey, the Headquarters of the Battalion, was named.  The saltire was suggested by the arms of Morris, the name of the county in which Dover is located.  The saltire also simulates the sails of a windmill and alludes to the initial Dutch settlement of New Jersey, while saltire and cross taken together, allude to the subsequent occupation and development by the English.

Crest

The crest is that of the New Jersey Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 26 May 1955.  It was rescinded on 28 July 1961.





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