Regimental Coat of Arms and Distinguished Unit Insignia
Coat of Arms
Blazon:
Shield: Per fess Argent and Azure, a fess embattled to chief
Or masoned Sable between in chief a field gun Gules on a mount Vert and
in base three bendlets sinister of the first.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors (Argent and Azure), a cotton
bale Argent banded Sable in front of the two bayonets in saltire Or.
Motto: VOLENS ET POTENS (Willing and Able).
Symbolism:
Shield: The shield is white and blue, the old and present
Infantry colors. The field gun is for the battle of Cerro Gordo, where
the 7th participated in the decisive attack by an assault on Telegraph
Hill, a strongly fortified point. This portion of the shield is in
Mexican colors--red, white and green. The wall is for the battle of
Fredericksburg in which the Regiment held for twelve hours a position
only eighty yards in front of a stone wall protecting the enemy. The
base alludes to the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 3d Division with
which the 7th Infantry served during World War I.
Crest: The cotton bale and bayonets in the crest are taken
from the arms of the 7th Infantry adopted in 1912.
Coat of Arms Background: The coat of arms was originally approved on 5 July
1921. It was amended on 15 Oct 1923 to add a new crest.
Distinguised Unit Insignia
Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18cm) in height overall
consisting of the crest and motto of the coat of arms.
Symbolism: The cotton bale and bayonets are taken from the arms of
the 7th Infantry adopted in 1912.
Distinguished Unit Insignia Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved
on 18 Oct 1923. It was revised 13 Mar 1973 to clarify description and
symbolism.
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