307th Engineer Battalion Flag

[509thPIB]

307th Engineer Battalion flag is up for auction

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-l...8CA3B?rfa=true

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1945 depot tag date ???

307th Engineer Battalion flag is up for auction
broidered-guideon-flag-A444F8CA3B?rfa=true

Hello 509thPIB:
I suspect that the PQMD tag date
has been added or altered as the
eagle pattern shown is before WW2.
........OFW

[Bill D.]

Since the linked site will one day disappear...

[Bill D.]

The auction house description:

Measures approximately 52" at the hoist end, and approximately 66" across. Pole-mountable flag with leather tab at the spine and tassels around the edges. Fully embroidered eagle and banner guide on flag for the US Army 37th Engineers. The flag is dated on a tag inside the spine from the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot 1945. The 37th Engineers participated in the amphibious assault of Normandy on D-Day and later in the war augmented the 82nd Airborne division in combat. The flag has some wear particularly in the blue silk section above the eagle's head and some light soiling in spots.

[Bill D.]

Ben...
Would you be able to post a picture of a World War II era eagle for this flag?

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WW2 37th Engineers COA ???

Ben...
Would you be able to post a picture of a World War II era eagle for this flag?

Hello Bill:
WW2 37th Engineer Bn flag would have in
the eagle center shield the below blazon,
and above the eagle this unit motto scroll.
OFW

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WW2 37th Engr. COA details ...

Hello Bill:
WW2 37th Engineer Bn flag would have in
the eagle center shield the below blazon,
and above the eagle this unit motto scroll.
OFW

"Official blazon

Shield: Gules, a rock Argent whithin a garland of oak leaves
and acorns Proper. Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent
and Gules, a demi-eagle displayed Sable, armed and langued
Gules, collared Or, charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lis
Argent, debruised in base by an escallop Gold. Motto: Fortuna
infortuna forti una = Fortune or Misfortune is all the same to
the Man of Stout Heart.
Origin/meaning

The Shield is red for engineers. The Rock taken from the Arms
of St. Mihiel, and the oak leaves, embelmatic of the Meuse-
Argonne, indicated service of the oragnization in World War I.
The demi-eagle symbolises service in World War I, the collar
of ring symbolises the Nibelungen Ring and alludes to serice
in the Rhineland during World War II. The Fleur-de-lis symbolises s
ervice in France during both World Wars. The escallop symbolises
the decorations awarded the Battalion for action in Normandy.
The Coat of Arms was originally approved for the 37th Engineers
(General Service) on 4 March 1935. It was amended to correct the
spelling of the Motto on 3 May 1935. It was redesignated for the
37th Engineer Regiment (Combat) on 27 September 1941. On 30
August 1943, the insignia was redesignated for the 37th Engineer
Combat Battalion..."

OFW