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INSIGNIA [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

insignia: an item in the "Personal Symbols" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

insigne : objet de la classe «Symboles personnels» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
DEF

A sign or emblem used to identify a branch, formation or unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
DEF

Symbole ou emblème héraldique servant à distinguer un service, une formation ou une unité.

OBS

insigne : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Uniforme militar
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Record 3 1998-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
CONT

Arms of Community, those borne by cities, towns, abbeys, universities, colleges, guilds, mercantile companies, etc. The arms of abbeys and colleges are generally those of their founders, to which the abbeys usually added some charge of an ecclesiastical character, as a crosier, mitre, or key. Such arms, as well as those borne by Sovereigns, are more properly termed Insignia.

Key term(s)
  • insignia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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