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226TH ENGINEER BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules, on a fess potent counter-potent Argent a bar Azure.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed SAY WHEN in Blue letters.

Symbolism
Scarlet and white are for Engineers; blue is for Infantry.  The wide white (silver) band and the narrow blue band stand for the two-fold mission of the Battalion, i.e., to support by means of engineer work and to perform infantry combat missions when required.  The term potent signifies a crutch, (i.e., a support).

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 30 April 1963.  It was rescinded on 23 February 1980.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Description

Shield

Gules, on a fess potent counter-potent Argent a bar Azure.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Kansas Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, a sunflower slipped Proper.

Motto

SAY WHEN.

Symbolism

Shield

Scarlet and white are for Engineers; blue is for Infantry.  The wide white band and the narrow blue band stand for the two-fold mission of the Battalion, i.e., to support by means of engineer work and to perform infantry combat missions when required.  The term potent signifies a crutch, (i.e., a support)>

Crest

The crest is that of the Kansas Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 30 April 1963.  It was rescinded on 26 June 1968, when the unit became a flexible battalion.





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