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SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL JROTC, MEMPHIS, TN
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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia


Description/Blazon
A black shield with a black scroll above the shield both edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) yellow border, the overall size 4 inches (10.16 cm) in height and 3 inches (7.62 cm) in width; on the shield a demi-knight in armor, in gold, 3/4 facing sinister, grasping a sword.  On the scroll the inscription "SHEFFIELD" in gold letters 5/16 inches (.79 cm) in height. 

Symbolism
 Gold and black are the school colors.  The Knight is the school's mascot.

Background
 The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally authorized 11 April 1969.  It was amended to update the description, add cable numbers and provided a manufacturing drawing to the design on 29 February 1996. ( TIOH Drawing Number A-10J-468).




Shoulder Loop Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in width  overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Or, bordure Sable, a steamboat ensigned in dexter by an oak leaf palewise and in sinister a gear wheel, in base fesswise a cotton boll of the second.  Attached below the device, a Black scroll inscribed "MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS" in base metal letters. 

Symbolism
 Black and gold are the County colors.  The steamboat symbolizes transportation, trade and commerce that have long been strong in Memphis and along the Mississippi River.  The cotton boll represents the strong ties to cotton trading and its production in the surrounding Mississippi River Delta.  The oak leaf historically denotes the vast timber land originally found in the region.  The gear wheel depicts progress.   

Background
 The shoulder loop insignia was authorized 17 June 2008.





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