VII Corps, US Army

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VII CORPS, US ARMY

History: The VII Corps was inactivated in 1992.

Coat of arms (crest) of VII Corps, US Army

(Shoulder Sleeve Insignia)
Coat of arms (crest) of VII Corps, US Army

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On an olive drab disc 3 inches (7.62cm) in diameter, a 7-pointed red star charged with a Roman numeral "VII" ¾ inch (1.91cm) in height horizontally and equally divided blue and white (blue uppermost), all elements 1/8 inch (.32cm) in width.

Distinctive Unit Insignia: Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02cm) in height overall consisting of a heptagon with one angle up and divided into two areas at its horizontal axis, the upper area of white enamel and the lower area of ultramarine blue enamel, bearing throughout a gold spearhead issuing from base and surmounted above an ultramarine blue enamel fleur-de-lis by a seven-pointed scarlet enamel star (of the same shape as that which appears on the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia of the VII Corps); the upper point slightly elongated and coinciding with the point of the spearhead; the shape of the spearhead where it passes under the star being defined by gold fimbriations; that part of the star which lies upon the spearhead bearing a gold five-pointed star above a gold lion passant guardant; all between at top four gold five-pointed stars in the white area (two to either side of the seven-pointed scarlet star, the vertical axis of the gold stars coinciding with imaginary "radials" extending from the center of the seven-pointed star and through the angles formed by its points).

Origin/meaning

The Seven Points of the Star and the Roman Numeral alludes to the Number of the Corps. Distinctive Unit Insignia: The design was suggested by the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia of the VII Corps. The scarlet seven-pointed star alludes to the Corps numerical designation. The blue fleur-de-lis refers to the organization of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, VII Corps, on 19 August 1918 at Remiremont, France and the service of the Corps in World War I. The five five-pointed stars allude to the five campaigns the VII Corps participated in during World War II. The spearhead, star and lion (taken from the coat of arms of Normandy) symbolize the assault and landing at Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944, this assault spearheading the American landings on the Normandy beaches. The four other stars refer to the subsequent campaigns of Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. The heptagon reiterates the Corps numerical designation and the colors blue and white are those authorized for all Corps.

The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 28 April 1944. The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 30 September 1969.


Literature: Image SSI from Wikimedia Commons and DUI from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army


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