Insignia of the US 86th Engineer Battalion

Title

Insignia of the US 86th Engineer Battalion

Subject

Insignia

Description

The distinctive unit insignia of the 86th US Engineer Battalion, featuring a Viking ship under sail. According to the official website, "the Viking ship is symbolic of the bridge-building activities of the organization, such ships having first been used to bridge the oceans in the adventurous, swash-buckling days of Eric the Red, the first of the Vikings to cross the waters."

Creator

The Institute of Heraldry / Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

Source

http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=9911&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services&hilite=viking

Publisher

Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

Date

1954

Contributor

Admin

Rights

Public Domain Image. Credits: Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

Format

jpg

Type

Still Image

Identifier

http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=9911&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services&hilite=viking

Coverage

United States
North America
Modern

Files

Citation

The Institute of Heraldry / Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army , “Insignia of the US 86th Engineer Battalion,” World-Tree Project, accessed August 14, 2026, https://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1239.

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