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349TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color and metal enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, a bend Or, on a chief Argent a quatrefoil of the first charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second. Attached below the shield is a scroll inscribed "LIBERTY AND RIGHTS" in Blue.

Symbolism
The shield is blue for Infantry, the original designation of the unit. The gold bend is taken from the arms Alsace; the 349th Infantry served as a unit of the 88th Division during World War I, where the division wore the blue quatrefoil. The fleur-de-lis indicates the regiment's baptism of fire in France. The motto is a contraction of the State motto of Iowa, where the unit originated, "Our liberties we prize and our rights we maintain."

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally authorized for the 349th Infantry Regiment on 22 March 1926. It was redesignated for the 349th Regiment on 6 April 1999.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, a bend Or, on a chief Argent a quatrefoil of the first charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second.

Crest

That for 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

LIBERTY AND RIGHTS.

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is blue for Infantry, the original designation of the unit. The gold bend is taken from the arms of Alsace; the 349th Infantry served as a unit of the 88th Division during World War I, where the division wore the blue quatrefoil. The fleur-de-lis indicates the regiment's baptism of fire in France. The chief is made white, so as not to have a blue quatrefoil on a blue field.

Crest

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

Background
The coat of arms was originally authorized for the 349th Infantry Regiment on 9 November 1925. It was redesignated for the 349th Regiment on 6 April 1999.





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