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135 Artillery Regiment
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules, on the dexter arm of a saltire Azure three alerions Argent.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribe OMNIA POSSIBILIA in Blue letters.

Symbolism
The shield is red for Artillery.  The saltire represents Civil War service and is blue to indicate that the service was with the Union forces.  The three alerions are taken from the arms of Lorraine to denote the World War I service in that Department.  The gold border is the mark of difference from the arms of the 134th Artillery, both having the same design indicative of the identical history carried by the organizations until July 1921.  The motto translates to All Things Possible.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 135th Field Artillery Regiment on 3 January 1934.  It was redesignated for the 135th Field Artillery Battalion on 10 October 1942.  The insignia was redesignated for the 135th Artillery Regiment on 6 January 1961.




Coat of Arms


Blazon

Shield

Gules, on the dexter arm of a saltire Azure fimbriated Or three alerions Argent, within a bordure of the third.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (Aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with bursting burr).

Motto

OMNIA POSSIBILIA (All Things Possible).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is red for Artillery.  The saltire represents Civil War service and is blue to indicate that the service was with the Union forces.  The three alerions are taken from the arms of Lorraine to denote the World War I service in that Department.  The gold border is the mark of difference from the arms of the 134th Artillery, both having the same design indicative of the identical history carried by the organizations until July 1921.

Crest

The crest is that of the Ohio Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 135th Field Artillery Regiment on 2 January 1934.  It was redesignated for the 135th Field Artillery Battalion on 10 October 1942.  The insignia was redesignated for the 135th Artillery Regiment on 6 January 1961.





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