File:349RegimentCOA.png

Description349RegimentCOA.png	349th Regiment (Training)
Date	9 November 1925
Source	US Army Institute of Heraldry
Author	US Army
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Blazon[edit]

• Shield: Azure, a bend Or, on a chief Argent a quatrefoil of the first charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second.

• Crest:

1. That for regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper.
2. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

• Motto: LIBERTY AND RIGHTS.

Symbolism[edit]

• Shield:

1. The shield is blue for Infantry, the original designation of the unit.
2. The gold bend is taken from the arms of Alsace; the 349th Infantry served as a unit of the 88th Division during World War I, where the division wore the blue quatrefoil.
3. The fleur-de-lis indicates the regiment's baptism of fire in France.
4. The chief is made white, so as not to have a blue quatrefoil on a blue field.

• Crest: The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Background[edit]

1. The coat of arms was originally authorized for the 349th Infantry Regiment on 1925-11-09.
2. It was redesignated for the 349th Regiment (Training) on 1999-04-06.

Original upload log[edit]