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Baton Bob, a costumed street performer currently based in Atlanta, Georgia; Baton Broadcasting, a Canadian broadcaster that is the predecessor to present-day Bell Media; Baton Broadcasting System, a defunct television system owned by Baton Broadcasting Inc. Baton Bunny, a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the Looney Tunes series produced in 1958
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan with his marshal's baton. In 1813, his baton was captured by British forces following the Battle of Vitoria. [1]The ceremonial baton is a short, thick stick-like object, typically in wood or metal, that is traditionally the sign of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military officer, and carried as a piece of their uniform.
"Round, Anti-Riot, 1.5in Baton" 37 mm British Army rubber bullet, as used in Northern Ireland from 1970 to 1975 Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds ) are a type of baton round . [ 1 ] Despite the name, rubber bullets typically have either a metal core with a rubber coating, or are a homogeneous admixture with rubber being a minority ...
The name baton comes from the French bâton (stick), derived from Old French Baston, from Latin bastum. [2] As a weapon a baton may be used defensively (to block) or offensively (to strike, jab, or bludgeon), and it can aid in the application of armlocks. The usual striking or bludgeoning action is not produced by a simple and direct hit, as ...
ASP batons are friction-lock in design, and are opened by swinging the handle forcibly through the air. To close this type, the baton's tip is driven into a hard surface to break the friction. The friction-lock Airweight series (P12 and P16), for plainclothed concealment, was released in 2012.
Pseudophilotes vicrama, the eastern baton blue, [1] is a small butterfly found in Asia, [2] [3] east to Tian Shan and parts of China, west to the Balkans, Turkey, eastern Europe to southern Finland. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.
Throwing baton of a Guanche mencey (king). The ancient Egyptians used throwing sticks to hunt small game and waterfowl, as seen in several wall paintings. The 18th-dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun was a known lover of duck hunting and used the throwing stick in his hunts, and a number of throwing sticks were found in the tombs of pharaohs.
The gunbai (軍配, short for 軍配団扇 gunbai-uchiwa) is a type of signal baton and Japanese war fan. Once held by military leaders (such as daimyō ) and priests in the past, it is used in the modern day by umpires in sumo wrestling.