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394TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A silver color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, pairle Argent. Attached below the shield, a Maroon scroll inscribed "AUDAX ET CAUTUS" in Silver letters.

Symbolism
The 394th Infantry, Organized Reserves, was organized in November 1921, as a unit of the 197th Brigade, 99th Division; Headquarters of the Regiment was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the entire personnel of the original unit was drawn from Pennsylvania. The shield is blue for Infantry. The reversed pairle represents the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers flowing into the Ohio River, thus indicating the territory to which the regiment is allocated.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 394th Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 29 Nov 1929. On 27 Apr 1999 the insignia was designated for the 394th Regiment.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, a pairle reversed Argent.

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

AUDAX ET CAUTUS (Bold and Wary).

Symbolism

Shield

The 394th Infantry, Organized Reserves, was organized in November 1921, as a unit of the 197th Brigade, 99th Division; Headquarters of the Regiment was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the entire personnel of the original unit was drawn from Pennsylvania. The shield is blue for Infantry. The reversed pairle represents the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers flowing into the Ohio River, thus indicating the territory to which the regiment is allocated.

Crest

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

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 394th Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 2 Dec 1929. It was redesignated for the 394th Regiment on 27 Apr 1999.





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