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  2. Laurel wreath - Wikipedia

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    A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, a wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. It was also later made from spineless butcher's broom (Ruscus hypoglossum) or cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus). It is worn as a chaplet around the head, or as a garland around the neck.

  3. Wreaths and crowns in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Radiate crowns were associated with the sun, and the 3rd-century Roman emperors issued coins – antoniniani – with the imperial portrait wearing a radiate crown. [21] Soon after the Christianization of the Roman Empire in the reign of Constantine the Great (r. 306–337), the radiate crown disappeared from official use. [21]

  4. Crown of Immortality - Wikipedia

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    The Crown of Immortality, held by the allegorical figure Eterna (Eternity) on the Swedish House of Knights fresco by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. The Crown of Immortality is a literary and religious metaphor traditionally represented in art first as a laurel wreath and later as a symbolic circle of stars (often a crown, tiara, halo or aureola).

  5. Golden leaf cut from Napoleon's crown fetches $730,000

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    PARIS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A golden laurel leaf cut from the crown of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was auctioned near Paris on Sunday. The small 10-gram decoration - worth less than $500 if ...

  6. Cross and Crown - Wikipedia

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    First appearing on the cover of the January 1881 issue of Zion's Watch Tower, [10] the cross and crown were surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves, and the symbol was also used on lapel pins, buttons (metal and celluloid) and pendants of various designs. However, not all of its uses by the I.B.S.A. included the wreath of laurel leaves.

  7. Wreath (attire) - Wikipedia

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    The oak leaf civic crown (Latin: corona civica) was awarded to Romans who had saved the life of another citizen in battle. [5] The award was open to soldiers in the Roman army of all ranks, unlike most other wreaths, which were awarded to commanders and officers only in the Roman imperial period of the Roman Empire. [5]

  8. Crown of Napoleon - Wikipedia

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    The Crown of Napoleon (French: Couronne de Napoléon I er) was a coronation crown made for Napoleon I and used in his coronation as Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804. Napoleon called this crown the " Crown of Charlemagne ", which was the name of the ancient royal coronation crown of France that had been destroyed during the French ...

  9. Laurus nobilis - Wikipedia

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    The laurel leaves in the right side of the coat of arms of Kaskinen The laurel leaves in the coat of arms of Kaskinen , Finland ( Swedish : Kaskö ) may have been meant to refer to local flowering, but its origin may also be in the name of the family Bladh ( Swedish : blad ; 'leaf'); two members of the family – a father and a son – acquired ...