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Description/Blazon
A shield blazoned: Azure, with two argent crosses moline in chief and a wigwam of the second with five poles and garnished Or in base. On a chief embattled of the last is a sea lion holding a sword Gules in its dexter paw.
Symbolism
The shield commemorates the Regiment's significant engagement during the Civil War at Gaines' Mills, Virginia, on June 27-28, 1862, where the Regiment suffered nearly 50% casualties, symbolized by the moline crosses representing millstone iron fastenings. The wigwam with its five poles honors the Regiment's participation in five Indian Campaigns. The chief acknowledges the Spanish and Philippine Wars, with yellow and red representing Spanish colors, and red and blue representing Katipunan colors. The embattled partition line symbolizes the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney, while the sea lion, from the arms of the Philippine Islands, represents service in the Philippines.
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on June 20, 1923. It was amended to change the blazon of the shield on October 12, 1965. Further amendments were made to update the description on December 22, 2011, and to correct the description on June 30, 2016.
