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The sword signifies courage, gallantry, and self-sacrifice intrinsic to the profession of arms. The lamp denotes the pursuit of knowledge, higher learning, and the partnership of Army ROTC with American colleges and universities. The Greek helmet is symbolic of the ancient civilization concept of the warrior scholar.
English: Hilt of warrior sword and extreme upper portion of scabbard, 7th century, "The Vikings Begin" exhibit, Nordic Museum, Seattle, Washington, U.S. Swords were described as coming from "Valsgärde boat graves 5 & 7", no indication which of the two graves was the source of exactly which of the objects displayed.
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Unlike other warfare pins available to both enlisted and officers, the ESWS and SWO pins differ by more than just color (gold for officers and silver for enlisted is a common theme in U.S. Navy uniforms). The blade weapons behind the hull on the SWO pin are swords. The blade weapons on the enlisted pin are cutlasses. This can clearly be seen in ...
The taegeuk diagram has been existent for the majority of written Korean history. [7] The origins of the interlocking-sinusoid design in Korea can be traced to as early as the Goguryeo or Silla period, e.g. in the decoration of a sword, dated to the 5th or 6th century, recovered from the grave of Michu of Silla, [8] or an artifact with the taegeuk pattern of similar age found in the Bogam-ri ...
The development of Japanese swordsmanship as a component system of classical bujutsu created by and for professional warriors , begins only with the invention and widespread use of the Japanese sword, the curved, single-cutting-edged long sword. In its curved form, the sword is known to the Japanese as tachi in the eighth century.
In heraldry, the cross is also called the Santiago cross or the cruz espada (English: sword cross). [1] It is a charge, or symbol, in the form of a cross.The design combines a cross fitchy or fitchée, one whose lower limb comes to a point, with either a cross fleury, [2] the arms of which end in fleurs-de-lis, or a cross moline where the ends of the arms are forked and rounded.
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