Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning wick (2016)

Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by Aerroon on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:16PM (#28588843)

There's a depiction of grenades so common that they're called grenade emblems.[0] It's an emblem of an old style hand grenade with a flame on top of it. It was fairly common - the wiki link has a substantial list of examples, eg the Italian carabineri[1] or the British Grenadier Guards.[2]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenade_(insignia)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabinieri#/media/File%3AFiam...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier_Guards#/media/File%3...

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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by CRConrad on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:44PM (#28608306)

Also, Swedish Army insignia for the artillery: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Truppsla...

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