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    An aiguillette (French: [ɛɡɥijɛt] , from aiguille, "needle"), also spelled aguillette, aiglet or aglet, is a cord with metal tips or lace tags, or the...
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    military unit. The badge of office for an aide-de-camp is usually the aiguillette, a braided cord in gold or other colours, worn on the shoulder of a uniform...
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  • Lac de l'Aiguillette is a lake in Haute-Savoie, France. v t e...
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  • piece of cord or braided leather with decorative metal tips (called aiguillettes) and secured with an ornamental clasp or slide. In the United States...
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  • Senior NCOs would have worn a crimson colored sash and a yellow or white aiguillette. In addition, there were on the cuffs a slash flap with yellow (infantry...
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    nail became a badge of honor. The other is that to the extent that an aiguillette is a form of fourragère, the wearing of armor by European knights required...
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    shoulder strap. The position/job of a soldier can then be identified by an aiguillette attached to the left shoulder strap and shirt pocket, and a pin indicating...
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    wear a blue aiguillette on the left shoulder and act in the same capacity as Army drill sergeants during technical training. The aiguillette in various...
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    the left shoulder, and aides-de-camp may wear the insignia on their aiguillettes. Since 1991, the insignia must be returned upon the recipient's death...
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    countries in South Asia, Pakistan army officer uniforms don't include a aiguillette, rather it is used mostly by aid-de-camps. Flag of Pakistan is placed...
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