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2. Category:Ceremonial weapons - Wikipedia

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   Articles relating to ceremonial weapons, object used for ceremonial purposes to display power or authority. They are often used in parades and as part of dress uniforms . Subcategories

3. Model 1902 Army Officers' Sword - Wikipedia

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   By the early 1870s combat experience had convinced many American military officers that swords had, at best, a tertiary role in the modern army. [4] [5] Given its lack of usage during the American Civil War and Indian Wars, many objected to the weight of carrying the Model 1850 Army Staff & Field Officers' Sword. This led to the adoption of the ...

4. Salute - Wikipedia

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   When carrying a sword, still done on ceremonial occasions, European military forces and their cultural descendants use a two-step gesture. The sword is first raised, in the right hand, to the level of and close to the front of the neck. The blade is inclined forward and up 30 degrees from the vertical; the true edge is to the left.

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6. Ceremonial weapon - Wikipedia

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   A ceremonial weapon is an object used for ceremonial purposes to display power or authority. They may be used in parades and as part of military dress uniforms, [1] or presented as gifts on formal occasions. [2] Although they are descended from weapons used in actual combat, they are not normally used as such. Their form and, especially, their ...

7. United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for ...

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   The VA only permits graphics on government-furnished headstones or markers that are approved emblems of belief, the Civil War Union Shield (including those who served in the U.S. military through the Spanish–American War), the Civil War Confederate Southern Cross of Honor, and the Medal of Honor insignia.

8. Seal and emblem of the United States Department of the Army

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   The Army Institute of Heraldry describes the War Office Seal as follows: . In the center is a Roman cuirass below a vertical unsheathed sword, point up, the pommel resting on the neck opening of the cuirass and a Phrygian cap supported on the sword point, all between on the left an espontoon and on the right a musket with fixed bayonet crossed in saltire behind the cuirass and passing under ...

9. United States Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword

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   The Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword is a sword worn by noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and staff noncommissioned officers (SNCOs) of the United States Marine Corps. The NCO sword was adopted in 1859 and is patterned after the United States Army's foot officers' sword of 1850. The M1859 NCO sword continues service today as the ...