Badge

Badge
♦ An emblematic figure, especially placed on some prominent part of the clothing of servants and retainers, such as the breast, back, sleeve, etc., to show to what household they belonged; found also on flags, buildings, etc.
(Davis, H.W. C. (ed.) Medieval England, 615)
♦ A mark of distinction, similar to a coat of arms, a supplemental charge often used to mark military units or other more informal groups of soldiers or household members. Feudal lords often gave household badges to their men, tokens of cloth or, more elaborately, of jewelry worn as a mark of distinction to identify them with the noble.

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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