The Coat of Arms and Distinctive Insignia

 of the

33d Armored Regiment

33d ARMOR

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:  Vert, in orle thirty-three plates.

Crest:   On a wreath argent and vert, a mound of the last charged in base with a     broken meat  hook of the first and supporting a castle of two towers of the like, the castle wall embattled of five and charged with a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, beneath an escutcheon tierced per pale of the second, the fourth, and the second, charged with a mullet or,

Motto:  Men of War

Symbolism:  The shield is the green and white of the Armored Force.  The thirty-three plates designate the number of the regiment.  The white (silver) castle on a green mound is taken from the coat of arms of Mons, Belgium.  Only two of the castle towers are shown, representing the two attacks on Mons in 1944 spearheaded by the unit.  The capture of Mons from the German Seventh Army is alluded to by the meat hook (a charge found in German heraldry), the broken pieces of which simulate the numeral 7.  The liberation of Mons is symbolized by the black lion taken from the coat of arms of Hainaut Province.  The award of the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star is symbolized by the green, red, and green shield with gold star.  The five embattlements of the castle wall represent participation in five World War II campaigns.

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms