2nd Infantry Regiment (United States) - Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

• Blazon
  • Shield: Or on a saltire Azure between in fess a cross pattée and a five-bastioned fort Gules and in base a giant cactus Vert, two arrows in a quiver Proper crossed with a bolo Argent hilted Sable.
  • Crest: On a wreath of the colors a lion passant guardant Or.
  • Motto: NOLI ME TANGERE (Do Not Touch Me)

• Symbolism
  • Shield: Service in the Civil War is shown by the blue cross from the Confederate flag and the red cross pattée, the badge of the 18th Division, V Corps, in which the regiment served during the greater part of that war. Service in the Mexican War is shown by the cactus; in the War with Spain by the five-bastioned fort, the badge of the V Corps in Cuba. The Indian campaigns of the regiment are shown by the arrows and quiver, and the bolo is for service in the Philippine Insurrection.
  • Crest: The lion represents the Canadian campaigns of the War of 1812.
• Background: The coat of arms was approved on 6 June 1921.