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  2. Fancy Dutch - Wikipedia

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    Just as Fancy Dutch or their descendants no longer speak the Pennsylvania Dutch language with any regularity (or at all, in many cases), they are not necessarily religious anymore, meaning that calling them "Church Dutch" is no longer particularly apt, although even among those that no longer regularly attend any church, many remain cultural ...

  3. Dutch heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Helmets, crests and mantling are generally absent in Dutch civic heraldry; instead a system of rank coronets is used. Exceptions are the national arms and the coat of arms of Beverwijk. Supporters, mottoes and atypical coronets are only granted if there is historical evidence for them being used, or if a preceding grant featured them.

  4. Coat of arms of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Dutch lion used in the (current) official Coat of arms. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was originally adopted in 1815 and later modified in 1907. The arms are a composite of the arms of the former Dutch Republic and the arms of the House of Nassau, it features a checkered shield with a lion grasping a sword in one hand and a bundle of arrows in the other and is the heraldic ...

  5. Armorial of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    8 Dutch royal family. 9 Legislatures. 10 Military. Toggle Military subsection. 10.1 Royal Netherlands Air Force. 10.2 Royal Netherlands Army. 10.3 Others. 11 ...

  6. List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia

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    Close fitting helmet with a characteristic Y- or T-shaped slit for vision and breathing, reminiscent of ancient Greek helmets Armet: 15th: A bowl helmet that encloses the entire head with the use of hinged cheek plates that fold backwards. A gorget was attached and a comb may be present. May also have a rondel at the rear. Later armets have a ...

  7. Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    In the Dutch honours system, most orders are the responsibility of ministers of the Netherlands Government. The house orders , however, are awarded at the discretion of the Dutch monarch alone. Over the centuries, hundreds of medals , decorations for merit or valour and orders of knighthood have been instituted by the successive governments of ...

  8. List of headgear - Wikipedia

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    Pith helmet – for use in tropical regions; the American fiber helmet is a version of it; Pork pie hat; Shovel hat; Sidara – national Iraqi headgear; Shtreimel; Sombrero; Spodik; Keffiyah or sudra; Papal tiara – a hat traditionally worn by the Pope, which has been abandoned in recent decades, in favor of the mitre

  9. List of equipment of the Royal Netherlands Army - Wikipedia

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    Combat helmet: 48,800 Supplied by Galvion. [3] The helmet is covered by the appropriate M19 camouflage for the conditions (NFP-Green - Netherlands Fractal Pattern Green on the picture). UN blue variants exist, white camouflage for snow and other Dutch camouflage for other conditions. [4] Protectievest Netherlands: Bulletproof vest: 7,000 [4] [5 ...