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
- Italian Carabinieri
- Italian Fanteria
- Italian Cavalleria
- Italian Trasmissioni
- Italian Granatieri di Sardegna
- Italian Trasporti e Materiali
- Italian Engineers Corps
- Italian Bersaglieri
- Dutch Koninklijke Marechaussee
- Finnish artillery
- The Grenadiers Regiment of the Indian Army
- British and Commonwealth Grenadier Guards Regiments
- British Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
- Royal Canadian Engineers
- Commissioned officers of the British Royal Engineers
- Commissioned officers of the British Honourable Artillery Company
- Commissioned officers of the British Royal Artillery (collar badge)
- Norwegian artillery troops
- Portuguese artillery troops
- National Guard of Ukraine
- Ukrainian mechanized infantry
- Officers and NCOs of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service (since 2005) and former Hellenic Gendarmerie.
- Commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of Malta
- Royal Life Guards (Denmark)
- Brazilian artillery troops
- Master gunnery sergeant insignia of the US Marine Corps
- United States Army Ordnance Corps
- Romanian infantry troops
- South African Army Air Defence Artillery Formation
- Royal Canadian Artillery
- Royal Thai Army Ordnance Department
Example images
British Army
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Old-style grenade used by the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
French military
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Old-style grenade, used by the military academies, notably the école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
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Classic-style grenade, used by many units in the French Army, notably the infantry regiments
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Legion-style grenade, used by the Foreign Legion in the French Army
Italian military
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Flaming-style grenade, used by the Carabinieri, the Bersaglieri and some other Army units
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Classic-style grenade, used by the grenadiers, the infantry and some cavalry units
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Old-style grenade, used by some cavalry units
Ukrainian military
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Old-style grenade, used by the National Guard of Ukraine
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Classic-style grenade, used by the Mechanized Infantry (Ukraine) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
United States Armed Forces
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United States Marine Corps master gunnery sergeant rank insignia
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Rank insignia of a United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer gunner
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