8th Cavalry Regiment
Distinctive Unit Insignia and Coat of Arms
Left Right
Distinctive Unit Insignia
Description: A demi-horse issuant rampant Argent from a band fessways Or charged with eight mullets Azure pierced of the second, surmounting a ribbon scroll Sable with the regimental motto "HONOR AND COURAGE" of the second.
Symbolism: The eight mullets show the regimental number and Cavalry tradition ascribing the origin of the pierced mullet to the rowel of a spur. This is further indicated by the horse.
Background: The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 10 January 1927. It was amended on 10 January 1967, to correct the description.
Coat of Arms
Blazon:
Shield: Azure on a fess Or eight mullets pierced of the field, a demi-horse rampant issuant Argent.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure a grizzly bear passant Sable.
Motto: HONOR AND COURAGE.
Symbolism: The eight mullets show the regimental number and Cavalry tradition ascribing the origin of the pierced mullet to the rowel of a spur. This is further indicated by the horse. The bear is the emblem of California, where the regiment was organized in 1866.
Background: The coat of arms was approved on 29 January 1921. It was amended to correct the symbolism on 10 January 1927.