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337TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Azure, billette Or, a wolverine sejant guardant erect Argent.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed "VIS ET VIRTUS" in Black letters.

Symbolism
The shield is blue for Infantry.  The gold billettes are taken from the arms of Nevers, the capital of the Department of Nievre, Cosne, the first locations where the Regiment was billeted in the War Zone, being in the Department of Nievre.  The wolverine represents Michigan, the location of the 337th Infantry in 1921.  The motto translates to "Strength and Courage."

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 337th Infantry Regiment on 16 June 1926.  It was redesignated for the 337th Regiment on 8 August 1960.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, billette Or, a wolverine sejant guardant erect Argent.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve:  On a wreath of the colors 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

VIS ET VIRTUS (Strength and Courage).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is blue for Infantry.  The gold billettes are taken from the arms of Nevers, the capital of the Department of Nievre, Cosne, the first locations where the Regiment was billeted in the War Zone, being in the Department of Nievre.  The wolverine represents Michigan, the location of the 337th Infantry in 1921.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 337th Infantry Regiment on 15 June 1926.  It was redesignated for the 337th Regiment on 8 August 1960.





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