7TH ARTILLERY REGIMENT

Authorised 1 March 1960

A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per bend Gules and the field crusilly fitchy Argent, on a bend of the last three pheons of the first and in sinister chief three increscents tow and one of the second. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Red scroll turned Silver inscribed "NUNQUAM FRACTUM" in Silver letters.

The original colors of the insignia of the former 7th Field Artillery and the 7th Coast Artillery have been retained. Divided per bend (diagonal band), taken from the arms of the 7th Field Artillery, are three crescents of Luneville where that unit first saw action in World War I, and a field of crosses, from the arms of the Lords of Commercy, where the 7th Coast Artillery had its fist war service. On the bend are three pheons, representing early artillery and also three assault landings in World War II by the 7th Field Artillery. The motto is a portion of the entire motto shown on the coat of arms and is a quotation from Marshal Foch, said of the 1st Division of which the 7th Field Artillery was an element and translates to "Never Broken."

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 1 March 1960. It was cancelled on 23 August 1971. Coat of Arms

Authorised 1 March 1960

Per bend Gules and the field crusilly fitchy Argent, on a bend of the last three pheons of the first and in sinister chief three increscents tow and one of the second. On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, in front of a cloud of smoke Proper a projectile Or surmounted by a lion rampant Sable armed and langued of the second. NUNQUAM AERUMNA NEC PROELIO FRACTUM (Never Broken By Hardship Or Battle).

The original colors of the coat of arms of the former 7th Field Artillery and the 7th Coast Artillery have been retained. Divided per bend (diagonal band), taken from the arms of the 7th Field Artillery, are three crescents of Luneville where that unit first saw action in World War I, and a field of crosses, from the arms of the Lords of Commercy, where the 7th Coast Artillery had its fist war service. On the bend are three pheons, representing early artillery and also three assault landings in World War II by the 7th Field Artillery. The projectile and cloud of smoke symbolize the 7th Coast Artillery's distinction of firing the Coast Artillery's first shot in World War I. The lion, taken from the arms of Picardy, denotes the first shot was fired in the province.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 1 March 1960. It was cancelled on 23 August 1971. Coat of Arms