Category:22nd Infantry Regiment Heraldry

COAT OF ARMS edit

Blazon edit

• Shield: Per fess embattled Argent and Azure, in chief a bundle of five arrows Sable armed and flitted Gules, in base a sun in splendor Or.
• Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure, a five bastioned fort divided fesswise Or and Gules, fimbriated Gules and Or, charged with a royal palm Proper.
• Motto: DEEDS NOT WORDS.

Symbolism edit

1. The shield is white and blue, the old and present infantry colors.
2. The embattled partition line is for the wars in which the regiment has taken part.
3. The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection.
4. The crest is for the War with Spain, being the badge of the V Corps in the Spanish colors, and charged with a royal palm to commemorate the fact that the 22nd Infantry was the first regiment to land on Cuban soil in that war.

Background edit

• The coat of arms was approved on 1921-03-24.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA edit

Description edit

• A gold and enamel device, 1 1/16 inches (2.70cm) in height overall, blazoned: Per fess embattled Argent and Azure, in chief a bundle of five arrows Sable armed and flitted Gules, in base a sun in splendor Or garnished Azure.

Symbolism edit

1. The shield is white and blue, the old and present infantry colors.
2. The embattled partition line is for the wars in which the regiment has taken part.
3. The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection.

Background edit

• The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 1923-05-08.

Flag edit

Description edit

• Size:

1. Hoist: Three Feet.
2. Fly: Four Feet.

• Organizational colors:

1. Background: National flag blue
2. Fringe: Yellow.
3. Letters and Numbers: National Flag Blue
4. Scrolls: Yellow

• Arms:

1. The flag has a solid background with an embroidered American eagle displayed centered thereon, in Proper Colors.
2. In its right talon the eagle holds an olive branch; in its left talon, a bundle of 13 arrows, all in proper colors.
3. Its beak grasps a scroll inscribed with the unit motto.
4. Below the eagle is a scroll inscribed with the designation of the organization.
5. On the eagle’s breast is embroidered the shield of the coat of arms and the crest is above the eagle’s head.