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  2. Pilgrim badge - Wikipedia

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    Various cultural practices converged to bring about the pilgrim badge. Pilgrims had long sought natural souvenirs from their destination to commemorate their trip and bring home some of the site's sanctity. The earliest and still iconic pilgrim 'badge' was the scallop shell worn by pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

  3. South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia - Wikipedia

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    Rank group Student officer Army of the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1963) [1] Army of the Republic of Vietnam (1964-1975) [2] Republic of Vietnam Navy (1955-1963) [1] Republic of Vietnam Navy

  4. Vietnamese military ranks and insignia - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The Vietnam People's Army distinguishes three career paths: Officers (sĩ quan), Professional serviceman (Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp), non-commissioned officers (hạ sĩ quan), and enlisted personnel (chiến sĩ).

  5. Category:Badges - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pilgrim badge; ... Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; S. Stinking badges; Media in category "Badges"

  6. File:Ngo Dinh Diem of Viet-Nam.pdf - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam maintains that between 2 September 1945 and 2 July 1976 only the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of South Vietnam were legitimate governments and that any rival governments were illegal ("reactionary" or "counter-revolutionary") organisations. This template excludes:

  7. Rood of Grace - Wikipedia

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    The Protestant iconoclasts who presented the Rood as a fraud perpetuated by deceitful monks on gullible followers stood to gain politically from spreading that version of the story, yet Groeneveld argues the Rood was, in its time, "acknowledged, even advertised, to be a mechanical marvel".

  8. Patch collecting - Wikipedia

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    Usually medieval Christian pilgrim badges were metal pin badges - most famously the shell symbol showing the wearer had been to the shrine of St. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain. These were stuck in hats or into clothing and hardworking pilgrims could assemble quite a collection, as mentioned by Chaucer in his 'Canterbury Tales'.

  9. Marian Days - Wikipedia

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    Pilgrims beginning to leave after the closing Mass of the 28th Marian Days celebration. The Marian Days (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thánh Mẫu, officially Ngày Thánh Mẫu [4]) is the main festival and pilgrimage for Vietnamese American Roman Catholics.