53D COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENT
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Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Or, on a pile Gules crusily fitchy of the field a fleur-de-lis of the like.

Crest

On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, an oozlefinch Vert, beaked, capped and collared on legs Or, in front of an epie of the last.

Motto

JE FRAPPE (I Strike).

Symbolism

Shield

The regiment had its baptism of fire at Royammeix, France, near Commercy and was in St. Mihiel (also near Commercy) and the Meuse-Argonne operations near Verdun, all being in the province of Lorraine.  The shield is gold as in the arms of Lorraine.  The red pile is for artillery, scattered with cross crosslets fitchy from the arms of Commercy and charged with one gold fleur-de-lis from the arms of Verdun.

Crest

The ozzlefinch and epie in the crest are both taken from the shoulder sleeve insignia worn by Railway Artillery Reserve, of which this regiment was a unit.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 5 March 1929.

NOTE:  There was no distinctive unit insignia approved for this unit.





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