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Latin: "signum"; Farsi/Persian: "leer"
Here are several for Iran,
c.2018:
Each signum/leer contains three parts: the main brass
military-unit "logo", beneath it is a brass plate where a specific unit name
is printed, and two golden tassels hand from beneath the name-plate. The
bottom two photos show several blank signum/leer awaiting the placing of
unit names on them. A signum/leer is 18"w. x 22 "h. x 2"d. and weighs 6 lbs.
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
![[Signum]](../images/i/ir^signum1.jpg)
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Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran#/media/File:IRIA_soldiers_marching_in_formation.jpg
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
![[Signum]](../images/i/ir^signum2.jpg)
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Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
Source:
https://twitter.com/Iran_Military/status/1043379750419329024
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
![[Signum]](../images/i/ir^signum3.jpg)
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Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
More than a "poster", is made out of cloth, but is carried like a "placard",
here maybe a cloth "vexillum".
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
![[Signum]](../images/i/ir^signum4.jpg)
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Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
Iran "Artesh" [Armed Forces] signum/leer
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
![[Signum]](../images/i/ir^signum5.jpg)
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Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
Iran "Pasdaran" signum/leer
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
The photos below refer to a 22 Sept. 2019 speech by Iran President Hassan
Rouhani honoring "Sacred Defence Week", whereby Iranians remember the martyr
sacrifices suffered by its soldiers. One also sees band members, some of
whom are holding "vexillum" (a flag-like object used as a military
standard). The vexillum shown in the photos are encased inside a metal harp,
and the various cloths honor military units or individuals who died as
martyrs in combat. These harp-shaped vexillum have a golden fringe around
the sides of the cloth, and also two long black tassels hanging from the
tops of their metal harp-shaped frames.
Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020
![[Vexillum]](../images/i/ir^vexilla1.jpg)
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Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020
From left to right:
- white slogan on the green cloth reads: "Velayat va
Rahbari" (recognizing the leadership of the "Velayat-e Faqih" or the
"Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist", a Shiite-Muslim concept that justifies the
rule of the Shia clergy over the state).
- the national flag of Iran.
-
martyr 3rd Lt. Mohsen Hojaji (d. 2017).
- white slogan on this green cloth
reads: "Defa-e Moqaddas" or "Sacred Defense", which is the Iranian name of the
"Iran-Iraq War" between 1980-1988.
Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020
![[Vexillum]](../images/i/ir^vexilla2.jpg)
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Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020
Left: Pasdaran unit
Right: martyr Gen. Hossein Hamedani (d. 2015)
Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020
![[Vexillum]](../images/i/ir^vexilla3.jpg)
image by
Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020
Source:
https://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/iran-parades-iran-marking-sacred-defense-week-with-military-parades/
In this photo showing 3 vexilla (cloth, not metal), while having
the same central "logo", the three colors represent the three colors of the
Iranian flag: green, white & red.
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020
