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A merchant's mark is an emblem or device adopted by a merchant, and placed on goods or products sold by him in order to keep track of them, or as a sign of authentication. It may also be used as a mark of identity in other contexts.
Struck Gogh-ld. A newly discovered Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million was likely found at a dusty Minnesota garage sale — where a buyer plunked down less than $50 for the world-famous ...
It wasn't till late 1982, that it was officially adopted as the "standard issue fighting/utility knife" for the Navy Seals. [2] As of 2025, It isn't clear if the knife was ever replaced, or instead Navy Seals are allowed to pick their own knives. It features a 6.0 in (15 cm) 440 stainless steel blade.
It was a replica of the commemorative versions of the original MACV-SOG knives, rather than the actual sterile unmarked knives used in combat. SOG made a version with an Aus8 stainless steel blade and black micarta handle in commemoration of the U.S. Navy SEALs, [1] known as the "SOG S2 Trident". The other Vietnam replica knife is known as the ...
Provenance (from French provenir 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object. [1] The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art , [ citation needed ] but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including archaeology , paleontology , archival science ...
Speciality mark for Special Warfare Operator (SO) Navy SEAL receiving the pin after graduating training. The Special Warfare insignia, also known as the "SEAL Trident" or its popular nickname in the Navy community, "The Budweiser", [1] recognizes those members of the United States Navy who have completed the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, completed SEAL Qualification Training (SQT ...
Mark Seal is an American journalist and author. Seal worked as a journalist in Texas before becoming a freelance magazine writer in 1984, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 2003, and has written and co-written about 15 books. [ 1 ]
Helmet, Steel, Mark II: in 1940, an order for 30,000 steel helmets could not be fulfilled by the United Kingdom, so production commenced in New Zealand. Manufactured by General Motors New Zealand and the New Zealand Railway Workshops using presses and sheet steel imported from Australia, 54,000 Mark II had been made by 1942 with Australian and ...