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Insignia Description
A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18cm) in height consisting of a blue rectangle with silver grid lines within a silver border and bearing two silver fleurs-de-lis one at either side of two crossed silver bayonets at center, in turn surmounted by the handle of an upright pickaxe its head above the bayonet points bearing a scarlet fleur-de-lis the handle bearing two more; inclosing the device at sides and bottom a scarlet scroll passing behind the bayonet handle at left, in front of the pick handle at center and the bayonet handle at right and inscribed with the worlds "PLAN BUILD PROTECT" in silver letters.
Symbolism
Scarlet and silver (white) are the Engineer colors. The fleurs-de-lis, common symbols in European heraldry, are used to denote the unit's five campaigns, two in the blue area signifying Normandy and Northern France and three on the pickaxe representing the Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. The unit's Meritorious Unit Commendation, is symbolized by the scarlet scroll. The mission of the Brigade, embodied in the words of the motto, is indicated by the simulated blueprint in the background for planning, the pickaxe for construction and the bayonets for protection.
History
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 28 Jan 1971.
Source: The US Army Institute of Heraldry
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