Grenade (insignia)

A flaming grenade or a flaming bomb¹, or shell and flame² is an emblem which represents a stylized old style of hand grenade ("bomb"), with a rising flame.

It is a traditional symbol of ordnance missions, e.g.,³ e.g., artillery , grenadier, or fusilier regiments.⁴ For example, the "flaming bomb' has become the official insignia of the United States Army Ordnance Corps in 1832, becoming the oldest U.S. army military insignia. It was also adopted by British Grenadier Guards, British Royal Engineers, Royal Horse Artillery, and by the Air Force Munitions Specialists,⁵ as well as in other countries long before the United States.⁶

German: flammende granate. With some previous history from Habsburg Monarchy, since 1921 the grenade was a symbol of Austrian Bundesgendarmerie. It was merged into Bundespolizei in 2005 and the grenade was phased out in 2007. In 2008 the grenade has become an insignia of Austrian military patrol and military police,⁷ which has become known as simply Military Police since 2019.⁸

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  Gendarmerie badge
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  Military patrol badge (until 2019)
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  Military police badge

French: "grenade enflammée", "bombe enflammée". Used by Gendarmerie nationale, with history tracing back to the 17th century, when it was the symbol of grenadiers. Later it was adopted by other corps: infantry and artillery, etc.⁹¹⁰

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  Old-style grenade, used by the military academies, notably the école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
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  Classic-style grenade, used by many units in the French Army, notably the infantry regiments
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  Legion-style grenade, used by the Foreign Legion in the French Army

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  Old-style grenade used by the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Italian: "granata fiammeggiante", for Carabinieri, Bersaglieri. A peculiarity of Bersaglieri's grenade is that its flame shoots sideways to the right, rather than upwards, representing the traditional running march of the Bersaglieri.¹¹

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  Flaming-style grenade, used by the Carabinieri, the Bersaglieri and some other Army units
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  Assorted Bersaglieri insignia
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  Classic-style grenade, used by the grenadiers, the infantry and some cavalry units
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  Old-style grenade, used by some cavalry units

Swedish: flammande granat. It is used in artillery. The "grenade with wings" (granat med vingar) is used by aviation. In the past it was also used by grenadier regiments.¹²

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  Cap badge of the Swedish artillery
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  Branch insignia of the Swedish artillery
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  Branch insignia of the Swedish artillery
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  Patch of the Army Artillery School (Artilleriskjutskolan)
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  Collor patch of the Boden-Karlsborg Artillery Regiment

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  Old-style grenade, used by the National Guard of Ukraine
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  Classic-style grenade, used by the Mechanized Infantry (Ukraine) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

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  Ordnance Corps plaque
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  United States Marine Corps master gunnery sergeant rank insignia
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  Rank insignia of a United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer gunner

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  Infantry Regiment "Graf Werder", Prussian Army