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Quartermaster Flags

U.S. Army Quartermaster
Center Flag

Quartermaster Center Flag

The flag for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center is buff with light blue fringe. The insignia for the Quartermaster Center is centered on the flag.

U.S. Army Quartermaster
School Flag

Quartermaster School Flag

The flag for the U.S. Army Quartermaster School is buff with light blue fringe. The device of the School is centered on the flag

Quartermaster Insignias

Branch Insignia

Quartermaster Branch Insignia

Gold color eagle with wings spread perched on a wheel with a blue felloe set with thirteen gold stars, having thirteen gold spokes and the hub white with a red center; superimposed on the wheel a gold sword and key crossed diagonally hilt and bow up. The insignia is 3/4 inches in height.

The insignia of the Quartermaster Department was approved in 1895. The design was retained when the Corps was established in 1912. After World War I, the earlier design, with the eagle's head superimposed on one wing, was changed to depict the head above the wings. The wagon wheel is symbolic of transportation and symbolize the original colonies and the origin of the Corps during the Revolutionary War. The sword, indicative of the military forces, and the key, alluding to storekeeping functions, symbolize the control of military supplies by the Quartermaster Corps. The eagle symbolizes our nation; red, white, and blue are the national colors. [1]

Regimental Insignia

Quartermaster Regimental Insignia - image from The Institute of Heraldry

A gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch in height consisting of a gold eagle with wings spread and head lowered looking to his right and standing upon a wheel with a blue felloe set with thirteen gold stars, having thirteen gold spokes and the hub white with a red center; superimposed on the wheel a gold sword and key crossed diagonally hilt and bow up, all on a black background and resting upon a wreath of green laurel terminating at either side below the eagle's wings at the upper end of the sword and key. Attached below the device is a gold scroll inscribed "SUPPORTING VICTORY" in black. The original regimental insignia was all gold and approved on 31 March 1986. The design was changed on 7 June 1994 to add color to the insignia. [2]

Branch Plaque

Quartermaster Branch Plaque - image from The Institute of Heraldry

The plaque design has the branch insignia (gold with ring of wheel in blue, stars and inner hub white, and hub pin in red) with gold letters. The designation band is blue, the letters and borders are gold, and the background is buff. [3]

Quartermaster Coat of Arms

Regimental Coat of Arms

The coat of arms appears on the breast of a displayed eagle on the regimental flag. The coat of arms is: Buff, a chevron Azure between a short sword point down bendwise sinister surmounted by a helmet contourne Argent, a bundle of arrows Sable surmounted by a garb Or, and a quill bendwise of the third surmounted by a key wards to base bendwise sinister of the fifth. Displayed above the eagle's head is the crest (on a wreath of the colors Or and buff, the device from the Quartermaster Corps Regimental Insignia Proper). The Coat of Arms was approved on 16 June 1994. Prior to approval of the Coat of Arms, the Quartermaster regimental flag consisted of the branch insignia centered above a designation scroll on a buff background with blue fringe. [4]

Shield

The distinctive insignia is the shield of the coat of arms of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School. The shield is buff, the color of the Quartermaster Corps, which with the blue bend gives the colonial colors and indicates the early organization of the Corps. The Liberty Bell suggests the city which gave birth to the Corps and in which the School originated.

Buff, a bend Azure fimbriated Argent, between in sinister chief the Liberty Bell and in dexter base the Lamp of Knowledge upon a closed book, all Proper (bronze bell, dark oak yoke, black iron bolts and straps; bronze lamp, red flame, blue book with gold lines and edges).

Crest

On a wreath of the colors (Argent and Buff) the insignia of the Quartermaster Corps Proper (as of 1925).

Motto

FAMAM EXTENDIMUS FACTIS (We Spread Our Fame by Our Deeds).


Cited Sources

[1,2,3,& 4]

"Branch Insignia | Quartermaster Corps" The Institute of Heraldry, https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=15359&CategoryId=9362&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services&ps=24&p=0. Accessed 23 June 2023.
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