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U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph
1944: HERALDIC INTERPRETATION OF SHAEF EMBLEM" Upon & field of sable black…
1944
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Original caption
HERALDIC INTERPRETATION OF SHAEF EMBLEM" Upon & field of sable black, representing the darkness of Nazi oppression, is shown the sword of liberation in the form of a Crusader's sword, the flames rising from the hilt and leaping up the blade. This represents avenging justice by which the enemy power will be broken in Nazi-dominated Europe. Above the sword is a rainbow, emblematic of hope, containing all the colors of which the National flags of the Allies are composed. The heraldic chief of Azure blue, above the rainbow, is emblematic of a state of peace and tranquility, the restoration of which to the enslaved people is the objective of the United Nations. England, 1944.
- Date
- 1944
- SC number
- 189332
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-44-2583
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
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