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English: A Post Medieval copper alloy button decorated with a crown over the number 2 SOMERSET REG(T). Originally formed in 1797 as the West Somerset Supplementary Militia, the unit had become the 2nd Somerset Militia by 1800, a title the unit kept until becoming Light Infantry in 1876.
After World War II many badges were phased out of the United States Armed Forces in favor of more modern military badges which are used today. A unique obsolete badge situation occurred with General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold , who in 1913 was among the 24 Army pilots to receive the first Military Aviator Badge , an eagle bearing Signal ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 03:57, 1 August 2022: 238 × 216 (63 KB): Rosiestep: Uploaded a work by Luis Fenollosa Emilio from {{cite book |last1=Emilio |first1=Luis Fenollosa |title=The Emilio Collection of Military Buttons: American, British, French and Spanish, with Some of Other Countries, and Non-military, in the Museum of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
The Honorable Service Lapel Button, colloquially called "Ruptured Duck" by the members of the military, was a lapel button awarded for honorable Federal military service between 1925 and 1946. [1] The award, designed by Anthony de Francisci , was issued for wear on the left lapel of civilian clothing upon discharge .
The 1851 regulations ended the system of different colored buttons and trim to denote branch used since 1780. Now each branch would have a colored cloth trim. The colors were light blue for infantry, red for artillery, green for mounted riflemen, orange for dragoons, crimson for ordnancemen and yellow for engineers.
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In the United States Army, soldiers may wear insignia to denote membership in a particular area of military specialism and series of functional areas. Army branch insignia is similar to the line officer and staff corps officer devices of the U.S. Navy as well as to the Navy enlisted rating badges. The Medical, Nurse, Dental, Veterinary, Medical ...
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