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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The inner Points if the SSI together with the Letter A symbolises the 9th Army. Red and White are the Colours Associated with Armies. The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 21 September 1944. | The inner Points if the SSI together with the Letter A symbolises the 9th Army. Red and White are the Colours Associated with Armies. The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 21 September 1944. | ||
[[Literature]]:Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | [[Literature]]:Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | ||
Revision as of 19:43, 20 August 2023
9TH US ARMY
Official blazon
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On a red nonagon whose points lie on an imaginary circle 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) in diameter, a white letter "A" within the outline of a rosette figure of four petals, all white.
Origin/meaning
The inner Points if the SSI together with the Letter A symbolises the 9th Army. Red and White are the Colours Associated with Armies. The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 21 September 1944. Literature:Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.