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Portuguese Army support units

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Health Service Battalion
Batalhão do Serviço de Saúde

[BSS guidon]
image by Jorge Candeias, 18 Dec 2003

Description: Shield of silver, a ivy leaf, vert.
Symbology:

  • Silver, clear image of the pure light reflected in the crystal, symbolizes the purity of intention, in the clear affirmation of full conscience of rightfulness in actions
  • the ivy which, forever green, attaches itself to its death to the place where it grew the first roots, is a symbol of persistence and permanent dedication
  • vertwas, in the middle ages, the colour of medical doctors’ robes, and was also the colour consacrated to pharmaceuticals, that extracted the basis of their healing manipulations from the green vegetable kingdom.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Dec 2003,
translating from the Portuguese Army site

Coat of arms

[BSS arms]
image by Jorge Candeias, 18 Dec 2003, from the Portuguese Army site