Military Academy of Modena - Heraldry

Heraldry

The Coat of Arms of the Academy was instituted by the decree of the Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga in 1987. It is shaped like a modern French shield with red and gold; it has four coats of arms on it. From the left going clockwise: the coat of arms of the Academy of Infantry and Cavalry of Modena, a shield with the coats of arms the d'Este family and the founder of the Royal Academy, the Savoy family, the coat of arms of the Academy of Artillery and Strategy of Turin, and a shield divided in firths with the coat of arms of Modena and the symbols of the Piemonte region. The turreted crown above the coat of arms represents the Republic. Under it there is the motto: “UNA ACIES” (in Latin, a single rank of troops).