Category:120th Infantry Regiment Heraldry

Coat of Arms[edit]

Blazon[edit]

• Shield: Azure, in pale a prickly pear cactus and the entrance to the canal tunnel over the St. Quentin Canal erased Or.

• Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, a hornet's nest hanging from a bough beset with thirteen hornets all Proper.

• Motto: VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES (Virtues Kindles Strength).

Symbolism[edit]

• Shield:

1. The shield is blue for Infantry.
2. The cactus represents service on the Mexican border as the 3rd Infantry Regiment, North Carolina National Guard.
3. The tunnel symbolizes the mouth of the tunnel in the Hindenberg Line at Bellicourt, France, captured by the 120th Infantry Regiment on 1918-08-29.

• Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

Background[edit]

1. The Coat Of Arms was approved on 1928-06-27.

Distinctive Unit Insignia[edit]

Description[edit]

• Shield:

1. A Gold metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, in pale a prickly pear cactus and the entrance to the canal tunnel over the St. Quentin Canal erased Or.
2. Attached below the shield a Blue scroll inscribed "VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES" in Gold.

Symbolism[edit]

• Shield:

1. The shield is blue for Infantry.
2. The cactus represents service on the Mexican border as the 3rd Infantry Regiment, North Carolina National Guard.
3. The tunnel symbolizes the mouth of the tunnel in the Hindenberg Line at Bellicourt, France, captured by the 120th Infantry Regiment on 1918-08-29.

• Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

Background[edit]

1. The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 1928-06-28.

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: White
5. Outline of 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 State Crest is above the eagle’s head.
6. When a unit is allocated to two or more States, the Crests will be displayed in the order of the entry of each State in the Union.