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92D CHEMICAL BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a blue benzene ring shaped shield bearing a gold wyvern with red tongue, tail, barb claws, and collar, the collar bearing a white fleur-de-lis, and holding a gold hilted sword with white blade bearing a blue vertical wavy bar; attached below a gold scroll inscribed "HIDE BEHIND ME" in blue letters.

Symbolism
Cobalt blue and golden yellow (gold) are the colors used for chemical units. The benzene ring is adapted from the Chemical Corps insignia of branch. The wyvern, by virtue of its ability to breathe fire, smoke and gas, is symbolic of the Chemical Corps mission. The collar charged with a fleur-de-lis and the sword with a wavy pale represent the unit's participation in World War II campaigns in France and the Rhineland.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 7 November 1985.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, a wyvern erect Or, armed, langued and barbed Gules and gorged with a collar of the like charged with a fleur-de-lis Argent and holding in sinister talon a sword palewise, hilt Gold and blade Argent and thereon a pale wavy of the field.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors (Or and Azure) the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Lexington Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto

HIDE BEHIND ME.

Symbolism

Shield

The wyvern, a two legged dragon, by virtue of its ability to breathe fire, smoke and gas, is symbolic of the Chemical Corps mission. Wyvern is the Saxon name for viper and also suggests the chemical properties of snake venom, further alluding to the unit's mission. The collar charged with a fleur-de-lis and the sword with a wavy pale represent the unit's participation in World War II campaigns in France and the Rhineland. Cobalt blue and golden yellow are the colors traditionally associated with Chemical units.

Crest

The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 7 November 1985.





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