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A small emblem naming the trade.
Also known as: Corps badge, Branch insignia, Collar device
The collar or lapel device identifying the branch, corps or trade in which the wearer serves.
Identifies the branch, corps or trade of the wearer.
Contexts: History, Public information
Answers a different question from rank: rank says how senior and branch says what they do, and the two are deliberately carried on different parts of the uniform so neither obscures the other.
Contexts: History, Public information
Many devices are pictographic survivals of obsolete equipment — crossed cannon, a bugle, a winged wheel — so the emblem records what a corps once did rather than what it does now.
Contexts: History, Public information
A small metal emblem — crossed rifles, a caduceus, a bursting grenade, a winged wheel — worn on the collar or lapel.