DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA:

Summary

• 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:

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

Background:

• The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 8 May 1923.

Licensing

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