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192nd Military Police Battalion

Description: A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, a cross Gules, overall a saltire Azure, that portion of the saltire upon the cross fimbriated of the field; on a chief of the second, a fleur-de-lis of the first.

22d Space Operations Squadron

Sable, an opinicus passant Argent between in chief a mullet of the like and in base, a Mercator projection actually represented as Goode homolosine of the globe Azure gridlined of the second, land masses of the first, and charged on the "United States" with a mullet Or; all within a diminished bordure of the like.

A. asiatica

Albulina asiatica, the azure mountain blue, a small butterfly species found in the Himalayas

Alice Azure

Azure has been granted recognition of aboriginal status as an Acadian descendant in Nova Scotia by the Association des Acadiens Metis-Sourquois (salt water people), who are located in Saulnierville, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

Azure Dynamics

Due to financial difficulties, Azure filed for bankruptcy protection in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in March 2012, and production of the Transit Connect Electric van and Balance hybrid was stopped.

Azure Ray

In 2009, Taylor announced on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic that the band would reform on a semi-permanent basis in July 2009 for "5 or 6" shows before working on a new Azure Ray album.

Azure-winged Magpie

Recent genetic analysis has shown that the Azure-winged Magpie and the Iberian Magpie are distinct at species level.

Baron Heathfield

Arms: Gules, on a bend or a baton azure on a chief of the last the fortress of Gibraltar winged with turrets between two pillars argent masoned sable, the gate of the castle of the last charged with a key of the second and below the same the words "Plus Ultra" ("more beyond").

Bentley Azure

According to 2009 research by internet company Yahoo!, the Azure is the fourth most fuel consuming car on sale in the United Kingdom.

Boat Harbour Beach, Tasmania

Boat Harbour Beach, nestled between a dramatic hinterland and azure waters is just 15 minutes from Burnie/Wynyard airport, 45 minutes from the Spirit of Tasmania ferry terminal and 55 minutes from the airport in Devonport, each providing easy daily connections to Melbourne and beyond.

Clan Arthur

The blazon of the chief's armoiral shield is Azure, three antique crowns Or and corresponds to one of the attributed arms of the legendary King Arthur.

Clan Grant

The arms of Baron Strathspey as matriculated by the 32nd Chief in 1950 are shown above : Gules three antique crowns Or in the dexter canton Argent a saltire Azure surmounted of an inescutcheon Or charged with a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter flory being the addition of a Nova Scotia as a baronet.

Coat of arms of Croatia

Central Croatia - Considered the oldest known symbol representing Croatia: Azure, a mullet of six points Or surmounted above a crescent Argent - A golden six-pointed star (representing the morning star) over a silver crescent moon on a blue shield.

Coat of arms of Malawi

# On a wreath Or and Gules on water Barry wavy Azure and Argent in front of a sun rising Or an African Fish Eagle rising proper

Coat of arms of Nunavut

:and for Supporters: On a compartment dexter of Land set with Arctic poppies, dwarf fireweed and Arctic heather proper sinister ice floes Argent set on barry wavy Azure and Argent dexter a caribou sinister a narwhal both proper.

Coat of arms of the Department of Magdalena

It has a tincture of azure, but in variant versions the field changes of tincture on both chief and base; in the modern version, the azure or blue represent Magdalena River and the Caribbean Sea.

Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon

It appears that by the early 1500s the Earls of Devon had stopped using a label azure of three points to difference their arms, as is apparent from surviving heraldry in Tiverton Church and on the Speke Chantry in Exeter Cathedral

Jan Baptist Zangrius

Zangrius inscribed into the oval escutcheon of his hatching table both the heraldic and standard French language appellations of the given tinctures as follows – Or, Argent, Geulle gueules and Rouge (gules), Azur and Bleu (azure), Sinople and Verd Vert (vert).

Joseph Beal Steere

He is commemorated in the names of a number of birds, including Steere's Liocichla Liochicla steerii, Wattled Broadbill Eurylaimus steerii, Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii and Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii.

Joy J. Kaimaparamban

The Azure of Solicitude was his first novel in English, published by America print on demand publisher PublishAmerica September 2009.

Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz

Arms: Argent, on a fess vert a sword of two points with rounded ends proper hilted and pommelled or points to dexter in chief a lion passant gules armed and langued azure in base a pair of scales gules.

Order of the Crescent

Recipients (usually naval or army officers or representatives of Britain or France, highly present in the region during the Napoleonic Wars) were awarded a lozenge-shaped silver radiant star, embroidered in silver thread on an azure background with a star and crescent in the centre, and a red ribbon, to be worn with the crescent to the star's left.

Romanowsky stain

The demethylation of Methylene Blue in aqueous solution using heat and alkali produces a mixture of Azure A, Azure B, Methylene Violet and Methylene Blue.

Saint-Brais

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, St. Brice depicted as bishop clad Argent with mitre and haloed Or holding a crosier stantant on Coupeaux of the last. The village's name comes from St. Brice who was the bishop of Tours during the 5th century.

Sargon the Sorcerer

Taking his professional name from the ancient king of the same name, Sargon has had a checkered career, acting mostly as a hero during the Golden Age aided by his cartoonish fat little comic relief sidekick/manager Maximillian O'Leary as he battled crooks, spies and his azure-skinned archenemy the Blue Lama, Queen of Black Magic, but re-emerging in the Silver Age - as a villain, at least at first.

Sono Mirai wa Ima

Sawao Yamanaka, The Pillows lead song-writer, wrote "Beehive" for the J-Pop artist Chihiro Yonekura, which is featured on her album "azure".

Stone pine

The wing is ineffective for wind dispersal, and the seeds are animal-dispersed, originally mainly by the azure-winged magpie, but in recent history, very largely by humans.

Virginia Zoological Park

Among the animals in this exhibit are Malayan tigers, oriental small-clawed otters, orangutans, siamangs, Northern white-cheeked gibbons, Malayan tapirs, binturongs, rhinoceros hornbills, fairy-bluebirds, azure-winged magpies, and chestnut-breasted malkoha.

Worshipful Company of Loriners

The Loriners' coat of arms is Azure on a Chevron Argent, between three Manage-bits Or, as many Bosses Sable, supported asymmetrically by a single Horse, between Foliage of Palm and of Juniper.


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