98TH CIVIL AFFAIRS BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a white mural crown in front of and extending over the sides of a gold disc bearing a vertical red stripe with concave flanks charged with a narrow gold diagonal stripe (upper left to lower right) turned angularly upward and downward respectively at each end, and charged upon each side of the disc and extending over it vertically a purple rolled scroll upon the left and a purple quill pen upon the right; all in back of a purple arched scroll in base inscribed "THE BRIDGE BETWEEN" in gold letters.
Purple and white are colors used for Civil Affairs. The angular gold diagonal stripe is a map symbol representing the Panama Canal Zone where the unit was activated as a Group. The Spanish colors red and gold indicate the Latin American orientation of the unit's activities. The mural crown, a heraldic symbol of municipal authority, denotes the civil affairs operations and civic action functions of the unit. The scroll and quill pen represent the contingency planning aspects and together with the masoned battlements of the crown connote the combined political-military activities. The three projections at the top of the mural crown allude to the former numerical designation of the unit as the 3d Civil Affairs Group.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 3d Civil Affairs Group on 10 March 1969. It was redesignated for the 98th Civil Affairs Battalion on 1 June 2007, with the description and symbolism updated.
Coat of Arms
Shield
Gules, between two flaunches Argent charged with a scroll on dexter and a quill on sinister Purpure a bend double angled Or; on a chief of the third a mural crown of the second masoned of the field.
Crest
None.
Motto
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN.
Shield
Purple and white are colors used for Civil Affairs. The angular gold diagonal stripe is a map symbol representing the Panama Canal Zone where the unit was activated as a Group. The Spanish colors red and gold indicate the Latin American orientation of the unit's activities. The mural crown, a heraldic symbol of municipal authority, denotes the civil affairs operations and civic action functions of the unit. The scroll and quill pen represent the contingency planning aspects and together with the masoned battlements of the crown connote the combined political-military activities. The three projections at the top of the mural crown allude to the former numerical designation of the unit as the 3d Civil Affairs Group.
Crest
None.
The coat of arms was approved for the 98th Civil Affairs Battalion on 1 June 2007.