Distinctive Unit Insignia.

• A gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure in fess two crosses moline Argent in base a wigwam of the like, on a chief embattled Or a sea lion Gules holding in dexter paw a sword of the like.
• Symbolism:
  • The field is blue for Infantry.
  • This regiment took part in the Civil War; its great achievement was its first engagement at Gaines' Mills, Virginia, Jun 27 and 28, 1862, where its loss was almost 50%.
  • This is shown by the moline crosses which represent the iron fastening of a mill stone and the pair recall the crushing losses sustained.
  • The wigwam with its five poles is for the five Indian Campaigns in which portions of the regiment took part.
  • The chief is for the Spanish and Philippine Wars, yellow and red being the Spanish colors that were captured at El Caney , red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney; the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands.
• Background:
  • The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 20 Jun 1923.
  • It was amended to change the blazon of the shield on 12 Oct 1965.