The Marine Corps Seal was designed by the Marine Corps Uniform Board in accordance with instructions of the Commandant of the Marine Corps – General Lemuel G. Shepherd, Jr. The Seal was adopted by Presidential Executive Order No 10538 of June, 22, 1954.
The traditional Marine Corps emblem – eagle, globe and foul anchor – forms the basic device of the Seal. Of these three, the eagle and the foul anchor are the most aged, dating from 1800 when they first appeared on the Marine uniform button – a button which has remained practically unchanged from its original form. Influenced strongly by the design of the emblem of the British Royal Marines depicting as their domain the Eastern hemisphere, the US Marines adopted in 1868 as their emblem the Western hemisphere of the globe. To this was added the spread eagle and foul anchor from the button. Twelve years later the design of the emblem was completed with the motto “Semper Fidelis” (which is translated from Latin as “Always faithful”).
The scarlet and gold surrounding the emblem are the official colors of the USMC. These in turn are enclosed by Navy blue and gold signifying the Marine Corps as an integral part of the naval team.
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Dog tag “Border Guard Service of Russia” (Skull and the banners) is made of stainless steel with enamel. It is a picture of a striped terminus with two flags on each side, overlaid with the “dead head” in a green beret.
To the left of the terminus there is the national flag of Russia, to the right – the banner of the Border Guard Service.
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The dog tag of the soldiers of the 3rd Separate Brigade of Special Purpose of the Internal Forces of the Republic of Belarus.
The symbol of the brigade is the lynx – a dweller of Belarusian forest. It is an agile, fast, careful and at the same time cunning and clever animal.
Obviously, the soldiers of Belarusian special forces pretend to own the same qualities.
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The dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is the image of the bikers’ guardian angel riding a motorbike.
At the bottom of the dog tag there is the inscription: “DEATH MACHINE” on the curly ribbon.
A popular wisdom says: “Do not ride faster than your guardian angel flies.”
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A metal buckle (thin brass) of the waist belt of the ranks, non-commissioned officers of the Russian Army and military students.*
* Note: on all the photographs the image of the buckle is presented in the “storage and transport” condition (conservation in wax paper), since in the mode of use the surface of the buckle is polished to a high gloss and does not allow to make pictures because of the high specular reflection.
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A metal buckle (thin brass) of the waist belt of the ranks, non-commissioned officers of the Russian Navy (VMF) and naval students.*
* Note: on all the photographs the image of the buckle is presented in the “storage and transport” condition (conservation in wax paper), since in the mode of use the surface of the buckle is polished to a high gloss and does not allow to make pictures because of the high specular reflection.
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