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51ST COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules on a bend Or a caterpillar passant Vert.

Symbolism
The field of the shield is red, the Artillery color.  Service in Lorraine is shown by the bend, a distinctive feature of the Lorraine arms, "Or, a bend Gules," reversing the tinctures.  The caterpillar on the bend symbolizes the tractor.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 16 March 1922.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Gules, on a bend Or a caterpillar passant Vert.

Crest

On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a lion's face Gules jessant-de-lis Or.

Motto

EN AVANT (Forward).

Symbolism

Shield

The field of the shield is red, the Artillery color.  Service in Lorraine is shown by the bend, a distinctive feature of the Lorraine arms, "Or, a bend Gules," reversing the tinctures.  The caterpillar on the bend symbolizes the tractor.

Crest

The lion's face of the crest commemorates the initial war service of Battery "A" (formerly Battery "A," 1st Artillery) which took part in the War of 1812, and the fleur-de-lis symbolizes the organization of the Regiment for service in France.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 5 February 1920.





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