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147TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, on a bend Gules fimbriated Argent three alerions of the like, in chief a lion rampant of the last. Attached below the shield a Silver swallow-tailed scroll inscribed "CARGONEEK GUYOXIM" in Black letters.

Symbolism
Blue is a color traditionally associated with Infantry, the original allocation of the unit. The bend with the alerions denotes service in Lorraine, and the lion represents service in Belgium during the Ypres-Lys Offensive by that unit.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 147th Infantry Regiment, Ohio National Guard on 25 June 1926. It was amended on 19 July 1926, to correct the spelling of the motto. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1994, for the 147th Armor Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard with the description and symbolism revised. The insignia was redesignated for the 147th Regiment on 20 July 2007.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, on a bend Gules fimbriated Argent three alerions of the like, in chief a lion rampant of the last.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard: From a wreath Argent and Azure, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (Aesculus glabra) fructed Proper, with two leaves with bursting burr.

Motto

CARGONEEK GUYOXIM (Always Ready).

Symbolism

Shield

Blue is a color traditionally associated with Infantry, the original allocation of the unit. The bend with the alerions denotes service in Lorraine, and the lion represents service in Belgium during the Ypres-Lys Offensive by that unit.

Crest

The crest is that of the Ohio Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 147th Infantry Regiment, Ohio National Guard on 19 June 1926. It was amended on 19 July 1926, to correct the spelling of the motto. The coat of arms was redesignated effective 1 September 1994, for the 147th Armor Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard with the symbolism revised. The insignia was redesignated for the 147th Regiment on 20 July 2007.





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