Grenade (insignia)
A grenade insignia is a form of emblem which represents a stylized old style of hand grenade, with a rising flame. This symbol is used as a charge in heraldry and is also featured on the uniforms of numerous military units.
Military usage
The insignia is featured on the uniforms of such military units as the:
- French Foreign Legion
- French Gendarmerie
- Italian Carabinieri
- Dutch Koninklijke Marechaussee
- Finnish artillery
- British and Commonwealth Grenadier Guards Regiments
- British Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
- Commissioned Officers of the British Royal Engineers
- Commissioned Officers of the British Honourable Artillery Company
- Romanian infantry troops
- Norwegian artillery troops
- Portuguese artillery troops
- National Guard of Ukraine
- Ukrainian mechanized infantry
- Officers of the Hellenic Army
- Commissioned Officers of the Armed Forces of Malta
- Royal Life Guards (Denmark)
- Brazilian artillery troops
- Master Gunnery Sergeant insignia of the US Marine Corps
- Ordnance Corps of the US Army
Example images
British Army
Old-style grenade used by the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
French military
Old-style grenade, used by the military academies, notably the école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
Classic-style grenade, used by many units in the French Army, notably the Infantry regiments
Legion-style grenade, used by the French Foreign Legion
Antler-style grenade, used by the Gendarmerie Nationale
Italian military
Flaming-style grenade, used by the Carabinieri, the Bersaglieri and some other Army units.
Classic-style grenade, used by the Grenadiers, the Infantry and some Cavalry units.
Old-style grenade, used by some Cavalry units.
Ukrainian military
Old-style grenade, used by the National Guard of Ukraine.
Classic-style grenade, used by the Mechanized Infantry (Ukraine) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
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