File:229 MI Bn DUI.png

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file ‎(1,548 × 1,551 pixels, file size: 366 KB, MIME type: image/png)

Description

US Army 229th Military Intelligence Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description/Blazon A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, on a pale wavy Azure two pallets wavy of the first between two griffin heads erased in fess addorsed of the second (Oriental Blue) eyes and tongues Gules. Attached below and at the sides a Blue scroll inscribed "STRENGTH FROM INTELLIGENCE" in Silver letters.

Symbolism Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors traditionally associated with the Intelligence branch. The griffin, noted for keen eyesight, symbolizes surveillance. The two griffins back to back represent vigilance; they also suggest the unit's two continent and two ocean area of operations. The wavy pale refers to the Panama Canal.

Background The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 29th Military Intelligence Battalion on 25 November 1985. It was redesignated for the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion on 29 January 1996.

See Here
Date  Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
Source https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/ViewImage.aspx?id=1392
Author United States Army Institute of Heraldry
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia produced by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry. It is in the public domain but its use is restricted by Title 18, United States Code, Section 704 [1] and the Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR, Part 507) [2], [3]. Permission to use these images in the USA for most commercial purposes must be obtained from The Institute of Heraldry prior to their use.

Deutsch ∙ English ∙ فارسی ∙ 日本語 ∙ русский ∙ +/−

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

inception

8 October 2012

MIME type

image/png

checksum

32a63f0bb7f9ceaf97658cdb2a91f662544011b0

determination method: SHA-1

data size

374,353 byte

height

1,551 pixel

width

1,548 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:01, 8 October 2012Thumbnail for version as of 20:01, 8 October 20121,548 × 1,551 (366 KB)MonkeybaitUser created page with UploadWizard
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:229_MI_Bn_DUI.png"