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Ankh Gate preview
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Ankh Gate

A contemporary gate-like emblem centred on the ancient Egyptian ankh, the hieroglyph for life and a recurring sign in ritual scenes, inscriptions, jewellery and amulets.

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Austro-Hungarian Double-Headed Eagle Military Device — 1867–1918 preview
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Austro-Hungarian Double-Headed Eagle Military Device — 1867–1918

The Habsburg double-headed eagle appeared on Austro-Hungarian military headgear, with its metal, central number and surrounding fittings varying by branch and regiment.

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Bath Star Rank Badge — British Army Officer Insignia, 19th Century–1918 preview
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Bath Star Rank Badge — British Army Officer Insignia, 19th Century–1918

The British Army officer’s rank star—or “pip”—is a compact version of the Order of the Bath star, centred on three crowns and its circular motto.

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Crescent and V-rod preview
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Crescent and V-rod

One of the most distinctive signs of the Pictish symbol tradition, the Crescent and V-rod combines a decorated crescent with an angular rod and appears on surviving carved stones across early medieval Scotland. Its original meaning remains unknown.

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Crossed Cannon Artillery Insignia — United States Army, 1830s–1918 preview
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Crossed Cannon Artillery Insignia — United States Army, 1830s–1918

Crossed gun tubes identified United States Army artillery from 1834, with regimental numbers, embroidery, metal finish and later specialist additions varying by pattern.

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Crossed Rifles Infantry Insignia — United States Army, 1875–1918 preview
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Crossed Rifles Infantry Insignia — United States Army, 1875–1918

Crossed shoulder arms became the U.S. Army infantry branch insignia in 1875, but the weapon model and accompanying numbers changed before later standardisation.

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Crossed Sabres Cavalry Insignia — United States Army, 1851–1918 preview
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Crossed Sabres Cavalry Insignia — United States Army, 1851–1918

Two curved sabres crossed in saltire identified United States cavalry, with period examples varying in crossing point, orientation, finish and unit numbers.

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Crown Rank Badge — British Army Officer Insignia, 19th Century–1918 preview
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Crown Rank Badge — British Army Officer Insignia, 19th Century–1918

A royal crown served as one component of British Army officer rank, used alone or with stars and crossed devices according to rank and period.

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Eight-Pointed Star — Documented Sumerian/Akkadian Motif, Early Dynastic–Old Babylonian preview
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Eight-Pointed Star — Documented Sumerian/Akkadian Motif, Early Dynastic–Old Babylonian

An eight-pointed field-star used as a celestial mark on Early Dynastic through Old Babylonian seals, later often enclosed in a disc.

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Engineer Castle Insignia — United States Army Corps of Engineers, c. 1840–1918 preview
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Engineer Castle Insignia — United States Army Corps of Engineers, c. 1840–1918

The turreted castle represented United States Army engineers and fortification, appearing on Corps equipment from 1840 before formal adoption as branch insignia in 1902.

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Fire Triangle Mark preview
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Fire Triangle Mark

The upward-pointing triangle served as a sign for fire in later alchemical traditions, giving this stripped-back mark a language of heat, energy and transformation.

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Fouled Anchor Badge — British Royal Navy, 18th–19th Century preview
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Fouled Anchor Badge — British Royal Navy, 18th–19th Century

A cable wound around an anchor appears on documented Royal Navy buttons and weapons, with the route of the rope changing between official patterns.

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Gorgoneion Roof Antefix preview
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Gorgoneion Roof Antefix

A terrifying Gorgon face once fixed to the edge of an Archaic Greek roof, confronting approaching harm with staring eyes, bared teeth, and a protruding tongue.

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Hex Star Gate preview
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Hex Star Gate

A sixfold star held within a threshold-like frame turns geometry into a choice of direction: a contemporary emblem for guidance, hope, balance, and the courage to move toward possibility.

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Hourglass Rose Mark preview
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Hourglass Rose Mark

An hourglass beside a rose sets measured time against living beauty, creating a reminder that what is cherished is made more precious by its impermanence.

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Iron Cross — Prussian Military Decoration, 1813 Pattern preview
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Iron Cross — Prussian Military Decoration, 1813 Pattern

Prussia’s blackened-iron cross with silver edging was instituted by Friedrich Wilhelm III on 10 March 1813 for service in the wars against Napoleon.

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Maya K'in Sun Sign preview
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Maya K'in Sun Sign

K'in is a documented Maya hieroglyphic sign read as “sun” or “day”, appearing in written and calendrical contexts across the Maya world.

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Mjolnir preview
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Mjolnir

Thor's hammer is both a mythic weapon and an archaeologically attested Viking-age pendant form, making Mjölnir one of the clearest Norse symbols of strength, protection, blessing, and religious identity.

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Moon Basin Sigil preview
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Moon Basin Sigil

A basin receives and holds; the Moon changes what its surface reflects from night to night. Their pairing makes this modern sigil an emblem of reflection, renewal and the patience to let change become visible over time.

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Napoleonic Eagle Standard Device — French Army, 1804–1815 preview
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Napoleonic Eagle Standard Device — French Army, 1804–1815

A bronze eagle finial issued with French regimental colours from 1804, modelled with spread wings and one talon resting on Jupiter’s thunderbolt.

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North Star Seal preview
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North Star Seal

A fixed point in a turning sky, the North Star Seal uses Polaris as a modern emblem of direction, steadiness, and keeping a chosen course.

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Phoenix Flame Crest preview
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Phoenix Flame Crest

The phoenix makes destruction part of a larger cycle: death is followed by renewed life. This flame crest turns that long-lived story into an emblem of renewal, hope, resilience and transformation after loss.

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Prima Materia Sigil preview
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Prima Materia Sigil

A contemporary sigil for prima materia, the elusive ‘first matter’ of alchemical theory: a starting point for transformation rather than a single historically fixed substance or sign.

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Engraving · documented field

Prussian Eagle Helmet-Plate Device — c. 1842–1918 preview
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Prussian Eagle Helmet-Plate Device — c. 1842–1918

A crowned Prussian eagle plate mounted on Pickelhaube helmets, with line, grenadier and Guard forms differing by inscription, breast device and added star.

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