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| Headquarters & HQ Co. 43d Infantry Division The badge is a rectangle, short side up, with a reversed white triangle on top. The badge is divided at the point with red on one side, black on the other. Four gold crests, two over two represent the States from which the original 43d Division came, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont. |
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| 118th Ordnance 43d Infantry Division The insignia for the 118th Ordnance was never approved by the Institute of Heraldry. The badge is a rectangle, short side up, with a reversed green triangle on top, and the remainder is gold. Four crests, two over two represent the States from which the original 43d Division came, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont. |
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| 118th Ordnance Co. 43d Infantry Division The insignia for the 118th Ordnance Company was never approved by the Institute of Heraldry. The badge is a rectangle, short side up, with a reversed orange triangle on top, and the remainder is red. Four crests, two over two represent the States from which the original 43d Division came, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont. |
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| 143rd Support Group Connecticut National Guard Originally approved on October 4, 1929 for the 43d Division, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine National Guards. The badge is a rectangle, short side up, with a reversed white triangle on top. The badge is divided at the point with red on one side, blue on the other. Four gold crests, two over two represent the States from which the original 43d Infantry Division came. The unit was redesignated the 43d Infantry Brigade on September 1, 1993. The unit was redesignated once again as the 143d Support Group (AREA), Hartford, Connecticut on May 29, 1997. |
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| MORE UNIT CRESTS, AWARDS & MEDALS ON THE NEXT PAGES. On page 8 are the stories of the two Medal of Honor recipients from the 43d Infantry Division. If you are searching for Distinctive Unit Crests from other Army units other than the 43d, please go to the Institure of Heraldry web page, they are in the proccess of scanning unit crests in, so the list is not complete. |
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| to visit the Institute of Heraldry online. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If you don't see the unit crest you're looking for, you may write to them at the address below. I have delt with them while researching the unit crests for this site and they were great. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Institute of Heraldry 9325 Gunston Rd, Room S-112 Ft Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5579 |
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