Unit Flag and Crest
23 Service Battalion crest received royal consent when Her Majesty the Queen placed her handwritten approval to the design in May 1982 .All Service Battalions in Canada share a common design which consists of a red oval ring with the wording SERVICE BATTALION BATAILLON DES SERVICES and the unit number on the left and right sides. The oval is topped by Her Majesty’s Crown and surrounded by ten gold maple leafs. Below a gold scroll in which the units motto is placed. The centre is unique to each unit.
The description a vessel pouring into a golden horseshoe that contains 3 blue and 3 white wavy bars. The significance of the items in the crest allude to the following. The pouring vessel represents the steel industry which Hamilton is noted for. The golden horseshoe is the geographic region that Hamilton is in the centre of and the wavy blue and white bars refer to Hamilton’s land locked harbour.
23 Service Battalion flag is symbolic of our heritage it is rectangular in shape consisting of a blue, yellow and red bands placed horizontally in side the flag with the numerals 23 in white superimposed and centred in the middle. The top blue band a reminder of our Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineer heritage. The middle yellow band was the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps colour. The lower red band symbolizes our Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps past.
Members of 23 Service Battalion wear the cap badge of the branch that their trade falls in. Most either wear the Logistics or the Electrical Mechanical Engineer badge.
The Logistics badge has two interlocking chain links centred on it this symbolizes strength in the support provided to the Canadian Forces by the Logistics Branch, Surrounding the interlocking chain links is written SERVITIUM NULLI SECUNDUS Latin for 'service second to none'.
The Electrical Mechanical Engineer badge is a variant of the former Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineer badge. This badge consists of white horse on a lighting flash with a crown on top a blue scroll below the crown with EME GEM written on it. A globe attached by a chain with the western hemisphere showing. The Electrical Mechanical Engineer motto is ARTE ET MARTE Latin for 'by skill and by fighting'.
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