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Brassard

A brassard is an armband or piece of cloth or other material worn around the upper arm, used as an item of military uniform

Military uniform

Military uniforms comprises standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces and Paramilitary of various nations. Military dress and military styles have gone through great changes over the centuries from colourful and elaborate to extremely utilitarian....
to which rank badge

Rank badge

This rank badge is a small yet beautifully executed panel of embroidery that would have served to indicate the status of a government official in Choson Dynasty Korea ....
s (or other 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....
) may be attached, instead of to the actual clothing. The brassard, when spread out, may be roughly rectangular in shape, where it is worn merely around the arm; it may also be a roughly triangular shape, in which case the brassard is also attached to a shoulder strap

Shoulder strap

A shoulder strap is a strap over shoulder for support of clothing or accessories....
.

Brassards are also used with the uniforms of organizations which are not military but which are influenced by and styled upon the military, such as police, emergency services, volunteer services, or militaristic societies and political parties.

A brassard is often used:

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A brassard is an armband or piece of cloth or other material worn around the upper arm, used as an item of military uniform

Military uniform

Military uniforms comprises standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces and Paramilitary of various nations. Military dress and military styles have gone through great changes over the centuries from colourful and elaborate to extremely utilitarian....
to which rank badge

Rank badge

This rank badge is a small yet beautifully executed panel of embroidery that would have served to indicate the status of a government official in Choson Dynasty Korea ....
s (or other 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....
) may be attached, instead of to the actual clothing. The brassard, when spread out, may be roughly rectangular in shape, where it is worn merely around the arm; it may also be a roughly triangular shape, in which case the brassard is also attached to a shoulder strap

Shoulder strap

A shoulder strap is a strap over shoulder for support of clothing or accessories....
.

Brassards are also used with the uniforms of organizations which are not military but which are influenced by and styled upon the military, such as police, emergency services, volunteer services, or militaristic societies and political parties.

A brassard is often used:

to temporarily attach insignia, such as rank, to clothing not normally bearing insignia (such as civilian clothing or a military mechanic's coveralls);
to temporarily attach insignia to a uniform for a limited time, such as the insignia for an "officer of the day" or "duty officer"; or for uniforms expected to have a high turnover of either wearer or insignia borne, such as those of cadet
Cadet

A cadet may mean a future officer in the military, a junior branch of an important family, or simply a person who is a junior trainee....
s or other youth organizations. Brassards worn by military police
Military police

Military police are normally the police of a military organization.Military police may refer to:* a section of the military solely responsible for policing the armed forces ...
and Red Cross personnel fall under this category; or
as a permanent uniform item, such as the swastika
Swastika

The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at Angle#Types of angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form....
armband of the Nazi Party.

Homonyms

The word "brassard" (also "brassart" or "brasset") is also used to refer to pieces of armour
Armour

Armour or armor is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat....
worn to cover the entire arm (encompassing vambrace
Vambrace

Vambraces are "tubular" or "gutter" defences for the forearm, developed first in the ancient world by the Romans, but only formally named during the early 14th century, as part of a suit of plate armour....
, rerebrace
Rerebrace

A rerebrace is a piece of plate armour designed to protect the upper arms .ReferencesExternal links* glossary of arms and armor...
, and possibly a couter
Couter

The couter is the defense for the Elbow-joint in a piece of plate armour. Initially just a curved piece of metal, as plate armor progressed the couter became an articulated joint....
).