Distinctive Unit Insignia.  Description:   A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules, on a bend Argent winged of the like, a bendlet Sable charged with a bulldozer pulling a scraper all of the second.  Attached below and to the sides a Silver scroll inscribed “CRESCIT LABORE” in Red letters.  

        Symbolism:  Scarlet and white are the colors of the Corps of Engineers.  The white winged bend - the bend representing an airstrip - refers to the Battalion’s primary mission of constructing airfields, the bulldozer and scraper being among the major tools used.  The motto translates to “It Grows With Labor.”

        Background:   The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 223d Engineer Aviation Battalion on 4 October 1955.  It was redesignated for the 223d Engineer Battalion on 10 April 1957.

 

Coat of Arms.

        Blazon:  

                Shield:   Gules, on a bend Argent winged of the like, a bendlet Sable charged with a bulldozer pulling a scraper all of the second.        

                Crest:   That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Mississippi Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, a slip of magnolia full flower with leaves Proper behind a trident Sable.

                 Motto:   CRESCIT LABORE (It Grows With Labor).

        Symbolism:

               Shield:   Scarlet and white are the colors of the Corps of Engineers.  The white winged bend - the bend representing an airstrip - refers to the Battalion’s primary mission of constructing airfields, the bulldozer and scraper being among the major tools used. 

                Crest:   The crest is that of the Mississippi Army National Guard.  

       Background:   The coat of arms was originally approved for the 223d Engineer Aviation Battalion on 4 October 1955.  It was redesignated for the 223d Engineer Battalion on 10 April 1957.