Insignia
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United Nations insignia
Lt. Col. Bruce P. Crandall, U.S. Army, receives the Medal of Honor in 2007 for extraordinary heroism in the Vietnam War (1965).
An insignia (Latin: īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, "emblem, token, symbol"), plural insignias, is a symbol or token of personal power, status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.[1] An insignia is usually the emblem of a specific or general authority.
Legal restrictions[edit]
Official insignia are often protected by law as to allow their use only by people holding a specific office or staff members acting on behalf of such a person. Misuse, defacement and destruction of such symbols is considered an offense in many countries.[clarification needed]
Examples[edit]
Typical examples of insignia include:
- Badges
- Cockades
- Coats of arms and Heraldry
- Ensigns
- Flags of a country or state
- Military aircraft insignia
- Military rank and unit markings:
- British Army officer rank insignia
- British Army Other Ranks rank insignia
- British Royal Air Force officer rank insignia
- British Royal Air Force other rank insignia
- British Royal Navy officer rank insignia
- British Royal Navy ratings rank insignia
- Croatian military ranks insignia
- Nazi Party rank insignia
- Polish Armed Forces rank insignia
- U.S. Army officer rank insignia
- U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia
- U.S. Navy officer rank insignia
- U.S. Navy enlisted rate insignia
- United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia
- United States Air Force officer rank insignia
- United States Marine Corps enlisted rank insignia
- United States Marine Corps officer rank insignia
- Military ranks of Ukraine
- Other National Emblems
- Regalia
- Roundels
- Seals
- Shoulder patch, or shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI)
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References[edit]
- ^ "insignia | a badge or sign which shows that a person is a member of a particular group or has a particular rank". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
- Pimbley, Arthur Francis (1908). Pimbley's dictionary of heraldry. Pimbley.
