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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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Bamboo-Leaved Gentian with Two Distant Geese (Ochi Sasarindō ni Futatsu Tōgan) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Bamboo-Leaved Gentian with Two Distant Geese (Ochi Sasarindō ni Futatsu Tōgan) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A compound of bamboo-leaved gentian (sasarindō) with two distant geese (futatsu tōgan), the Kenmon drawing for Washū Ochi.

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Bamboo-Ring with Sparrows Crest (Take-wa ni Suzume / Uesugi Take-ni-Suzume) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Bamboo-Ring with Sparrows Crest (Take-wa ni Suzume / Uesugi Take-ni-Suzume) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A compound mark of a bamboo ring (take-wa) charged with sparrows, the Kenmon Uesugi type.

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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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Corner-Standing Four-Eyelet Crest (Sumitate-Yotsume-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Corner-Standing Four-Eyelet Crest (Sumitate-Yotsume-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Four hollow square or diamond eyelets set on the corner (sumitate-yotsume / 隅立て四つ目).

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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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Double-Headed Eagle

A double-headed eagle documented in Scottish Rite Freemasonry and prominently used in Northern Masonic Jurisdiction 32nd-degree insignia.

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Drooping Wisteria Crest (Sagari-Fuji-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Drooping Wisteria Crest (Sagari-Fuji-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A plant-type mark of drooping wisteria racemes with palmate leaves (sagari-fuji), not upturned agari-fuji.

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Eight-Around-One Discs Crest (Kuyō-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Eight-Around-One Discs Crest (Kuyō-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Nine discs in an 8-around-1 arrangement (kuyō), the Kenmon buke type.

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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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Embracing Myōga Crest (Daki-Myōga-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Embracing Myōga Crest (Daki-Myōga-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Two inward-facing Japanese ginger buds (daki-myōga), the Kenmon type recorded for Ninomiya.

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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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Facing Standing Cranes Crest (Mukai-Tachi-Tsuru-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Facing Standing Cranes Crest (Mukai-Tachi-Tsuru-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A pair of facing standing cranes (mukai-tachi-tsuru), the Kenmon silhouette assigned to Ōmi Gamō.

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Forked Lightning of Ishkur/Adad — Documented Akkadian Motif, Old Babylonian preview
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Forked Lightning of Ishkur/Adad — Documented Akkadian Motif, Old Babylonian

A compact two- or three-pronged lightning fork used as Ishkur/Adad's extractable emblem on Old Babylonian seals, not a generic thunderbolt.

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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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Human-Headed Bull (alim) — Documented Sumerian/Akkadian Motif, Early Dynastic–Akkadian preview
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Human-Headed Bull (alim) — Documented Sumerian/Akkadian Motif, Early Dynastic–Akkadian

An unwinged bull with a bearded human face in Early Dynastic-Akkadian contest seals, not a Neo-Assyrian palace lamassu.

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Imdugud (lion-headed eagle) — Documented Sumerian Motif, Early Dynastic preview
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Imdugud (lion-headed eagle) — Documented Sumerian Motif, Early Dynastic

Early Dynastic lion-headed eagle with spread wings, the Sumerian Imdugud type; Anzû is a later Akkadian name for the same bird.

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Left Three-Tomoe Crest (Hidari-Mitsudomoe-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Left Three-Tomoe Crest (Hidari-Mitsudomoe-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Three comma-shaped whorls inside a circle, specified as left-rotating hidari-mitsudomoe, the Kenmon buke type.

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Lobed Mokko Outline Crest (Mokko-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Lobed Mokko Outline Crest (Mokko-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A geometric outline-type of a four- to five-lobed rounded silhouette (木瓜 / mokko, also read goka).

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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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