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A badge is a device
Personal device

A personal device is closely related to the picture-text combinations called emblems found in emblem books. Popular from late medieval times, the personal device typically consisted of a visual image and a short text or "motto", which when read in combination were intended to convey a sense of the aspirations or character of the bearer....
, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath (e.g., police and fire), a sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple means of identification.






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A badge is a device
Personal device

A personal device is closely related to the picture-text combinations called emblems found in emblem books. Popular from late medieval times, the personal device typically consisted of a visual image and a short text or "motto", which when read in combination were intended to convey a sense of the aspirations or character of the bearer....
, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath (e.g., police and fire), a sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple means of identification. They are also used in advertising, publicity, and for branding purposes.

Badges or patches can be made from metal, plastic,leather, textile fabric,rubber, etc., and they are commonly attached to clothing, bags, footwear, transportation vehicles, home electrical equipment, etc.

Badges have become highly collectible: in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, for example, the Badge Collectors' Circle has been in existence since 1980.

In the military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
, badges are often used to denote qualifications received through military training, rank, etc. Similarly, youth organizations such as scouting
Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play constructive roles in society....
 and guiding use them to show group membership, awards and rank.

Textile badges or patches can be either woven or embroidered, and can be attached by gluing, iron-on or sewn.

Members of fraternities and sororities often refer to the pins that signify their membership as badges.

One of the best-known badges is the typically star-shaped U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 sheriff
Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
's badge, made famous in Westerns
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
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The BBC children's programme Blue Peter
Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
 also awards its own "Blue Peter badge
Blue Peter badge

A Blue Peter badge is a much coveted award for Blue Peter viewers, given by the children's television programme for those appearing on the show, or in recognition of achievement....
" to members of the public who appear on the show. These are highly collectible as they cannot be bought - except from people who have been awarded one and wish to sell it.

Case badges are thick (about 3 mm deep), 3 cm x 3 cm lucite stickers that are often packaged with various computer parts, such as processors and video cards. Modern computer cases are frequently embellished with an indentation on the case's front panel to facilitate the affixing of a case badge.

In work places employees are often issued name badges which identify them. Name badges are also commonly issued in high schools and hospitals. They are often used to tell legitimate workers from impersonator
Impersonator

An impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the behavior or actions of another. There are many reasons for someone to be an impersonator, some common ones being as follows:...
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See also


  • Badge engineering
    Badge engineering

    Badge engineering is a term that describes the badge of one product as another. Due to the high cost of designing and engineering a totally new model, or establishing a new brand , it is often more cost-effective to rebadge a single product multiple times....
  • Badge of shame
    Badge of shame

    A badge of shame, also a symbol of shame, mark of shame, or simply a stigma, is typically a distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the purpose of public humiliation or persecution....
  • Campaign button
    Campaign button

    Campaign buttons are used in an election as political advertising for a candidate or political party, or to proclaim the issues that are part of the political platform....
  • Debadging
    Debadging

    Debadging refers to the process of removing the manufacturer's badges from a vehicle. This can be done to complement the smoothed out bodywork of a modified car, or to disguise a lower specification model....
  • Heraldic badge
    Heraldic badge

    File:Badge of the Prince of Wales.svgIn heraldry, a badge is an emblem or personal device used to indicate allegiance to or property of an individual or family....
  • Insignia
    Insignia

    Insignia is a symbol or token of personal power , status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. Insignia are especially used as an emblem of a specific or general authority....
  • Military badges of the United States
    Military badges of the United States

    Military badges of the United States are awards authorized by the United States armed forces that signify rating, qualification, or accomplishment in several career fields, and also serve as identification devices for personnel occupying certain assignments....
  • Name tag
    Name tag

    A name tag is a badge or sticker worn on the outermost clothing as a means of displaying the wearer's name for others to view....
  • Nursing pin
    Nursing pin

    A nursing pin is a type of badge, usually made of metal such as gold or silver, which is worn by nurses to identify the nursing school from which they graduated....
  • Personal device
    Personal device

    A personal device is closely related to the picture-text combinations called emblems found in emblem books. Popular from late medieval times, the personal device typically consisted of a visual image and a short text or "motto", which when read in combination were intended to convey a sense of the aspirations or character of the bearer....
  • Police memorabilia collecting
    Police memorabilia collecting

    Police memorabilia collecting is a hobby involving the collection and trading of law enforcement related patches or badges, and other memorabilia including Custodian helmet, training manuals, police medals, and historic artifacts such as turn-of-the-century screw-based handcuffs and police-box globes....


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