File:18 ABC SSI.svg
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Summary
- Description
- Issuing from the sinister side of a 2-1/4 inch white square, flat side up, a blue dragon’s head all within a 1/8 inch blue border. (The dragon’s tongue points to dexter base corner.) Immediately above and touching the insignia a blue arc tab 11/16 inch in width, 2 1/2 inches in length containing white letters "AIRBORNE" 5/16 inch in height.
- Symbolism
- The dragon’s head is representative of cunning, endurance and ferocity against enemies and is symbolic of the strategy and powerful attack of the Corps, Also known as the 'Gaggin Dragon'.
- Background
- Originally approved 15 Feb 1944 and subsequently amended to include the Airborne Tab on 1 May 1950.
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current | 13:33, 3 January 2017 | 746 × 990 (16 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <dl><dt>Description</dt></dl> <ul><li> <i>Issuing from the sinister side of a 2-1/4 inch white square, flat side up, a blue dragon’s head all within a 1/8 inch blue border. (The dragon’s tongue points to dexter base corner.) Immediately above and touching the insignia a blue arc tab 11/16 inch in width, 2 1/2 inches in length containing white letters "AIRBORNE" 5/16 inch in height.</i> </li></ul> <dl><dt>Symbolism</dt></dl> <ul><li>The dragon’s head is representative of cunning, endurance and ferocity against enemies and is symbolic of the strategy and powerful attack of the Corps, Also known as the 'Gaggin Dragon'. </li></ul> <dl><dt>Background</dt></dl> <ul><li>Originally approved 15 Feb 1944 and subsequently amended to include the Airborne Tab on 1 May 1950.</li></ul> |
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