A Silver color and enamel device 1+1⁄8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, a bear cat rampant Argent between in fess a five-pointed mullet and a gopher sejant Or; on a chief of the second a saltire couped of the field.

Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "REX MONTIS" in Blue letters.

The chief, bearing a saltire, is incorporated in this coat of arms to symbolize the Civil War service of the original 136th Infantry Regiment.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 14 November 1951.

Civil War World War I World War II following units entitled to the DUC streamer embroidered LUZON following units entitled to the MUC streamer embroidered ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER