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817TH REPLACEMENT BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a white disc surmounted by an upright rectangle vertically divided red and blue by an embattled partition line from which issue overall two gold demi-lions, one to the upper left, tongued blue, and on to the lower right, tongued red.

Symbolism
The disc represents a turntable, a rotating platform used to shift weights toward different directions. It refers to the Battalion's function of processing replacements. The rectangular shape is a heraldic device known as a billet and alludes to the unit's billeting mission. The two lions issuing from the embattled partition line stand for the Battalion's participation in two campaigns n France in World War II; the lion is from the arms of Normandy. Also, the positions of the lions on the device refer top the arrival and departure of military replacements.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 9 Sep 1966 for the 817th Replacement Battalion. It was redesignated for the 817th Personnel and Administration Battalion in 20 Apr 1972. On 12 May 1998 the insignia was redesignated for the 817th Replacement Battalion.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Per pale Azure (Dark Blue) and Gules, a plate surmounted with a billet per pale embattled Red and Azure, overall and issuant from the embattled partition line two demi-lions regaurdant and endorsed in pale Or, detailed of the field, and langued in counterchange.

Crest

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

Motto

None

Symbolism
The disc represents a turntable, a rotating platform used to shift weights toward different directions. It refers to the Battalion's function of processing replacements. The rectangular shape is a heraldic device known as a billet and alludes to the unit's billeting mission. The two lions issuing from the embattled partition line stand for the Battalion's participation in two campaigns in France in World War II; the lion is from the arms of Normandy. Also, the positions of the lions on the device refer to the arrival and departure of military replacements.

Background
This coat of arms was approved for the 817th Replacement Battalion on 12 May 1998.





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