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The origin of the badge

Badge, is used to wear on the body, identification signs.In ancient times, the tiger charm, fish charm, waist badge and so on are the prototype of the badge now, has the badge now, especially the characteristics of the certificate badge.

Badge production has a long history, according to archaeological findings, the earliest badge originated in the primitive society, it is used to identify clan tribes and tribal totem signs.A written record shows that the badge originated in the spring and autumn period and the warring states period."The strategy of the state of war · the first strategy of the state of qi" once recorded: "qin qin road han wei to attack qi.The king of qi sent zhang zi to meet him...Zhang zi change its badge, with miscellaneous qin army."At that time, the badge was just a symbol, in fact, it was a flag, to distinguish from the enemy and put a mark on the flag.

During the reign of taizu taiping and xingguo of the song dynasty, a man named li fei xiong secretly used post-horses, pretending to be emissary.In order to prevent others from impersonating the emissaries, the imperial court stipulated that each emissary should be issued with a silver medal with a special mark, which was worn on his body when he entered the court. At that time, it was called "waist badge", which became a means to strengthen the administration of palace affairs.Later dynasties followed this practice, and those who wore gold MEDALS were called "gold medal husbands", while those who wore silver MEDALS were called "silver medal husbands".On the two kinds of signs are respectively carved to prove the identity and status of the seal characters.

The real insignia in China began with the double dragon star series in 1863.

In foreign countries, the history of the badge is very long, the earliest in the form of national emblem.Feudal aristocracy territory increasingly hereditary, in order to be accepted and recognized by society.The nobles not only have a clear pedigree, but also have their own family signs - clan micro.The origins of badges really began after the 11th century.In order to tell the difference between the enemy and the knight, he had to mark his helmet with something, such as the British broom, the white rose of york and the red rose of Lancaster.At that time, the badge design paid attention to delicacy and strangeness, such as lions, unicorns, leopards and so on.