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Use of Signa and Vexilla in Iran

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Signa

Latin: "signum"; Farsi/Persian: "leer"
Here are several for Iran, c.2018:
Each signum/leer contains three parts: the main brass military-unit "logo", beneath it is a brass plate where a specific unit name is printed, and two golden tassels hand from beneath the name-plate. The bottom two photos show several blank signum/leer awaiting the placing of unit names on them. A signum/leer is 18"w. x 22 "h. x 2"d. and weighs 6 lbs.
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

[Signum] image by Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran#/media/File:IRIA_soldiers_marching_in_formation.jpg
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

[Signum] image by Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

Source: https://twitter.com/Iran_Military/status/1043379750419329024 
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

[Signum] image by Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

More than a "poster", is made out of cloth, but is carried like a "placard", here maybe a cloth "vexillum".
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

[Signum] image by Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

Iran "Artesh" [Armed Forces] signum/leer
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

[Signum] image by Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020

Iran "Pasdaran" signum/leer
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020


Vexilla

The photos below refer to a 22 Sept. 2019 speech by Iran President Hassan Rouhani honoring "Sacred Defence Week", whereby Iranians remember the martyr sacrifices suffered by its soldiers. One also sees band members, some of whom are holding "vexillum" (a flag-like object used as a military standard). The vexillum shown in the photos are encased inside a metal harp, and the various cloths honor military units or individuals who died as martyrs in combat. These harp-shaped vexillum have a golden fringe around the sides of the cloth, and also two long black tassels hanging from the tops of their metal harp-shaped frames.
Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020

[Vexillum] image by Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020

From left to right:
- white slogan on the green cloth reads: "Velayat va Rahbari" (recognizing the leadership of the "Velayat-e Faqih" or the "Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist", a Shiite-Muslim concept that justifies the rule of the Shia clergy over the state).
- the national flag of Iran.
- martyr 3rd Lt. Mohsen Hojaji (d. 2017).
- white slogan on this green cloth reads: "Defa-e Moqaddas" or "Sacred Defense", which is the Iranian name of the "Iran-Iraq War" between 1980-1988.
Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020

[Vexillum] image by Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020

Left: Pasdaran unit
Right: martyr Gen. Hossein Hamedani (d. 2015)
Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020

[Vexillum] image by Bill Garrison, 2 January 2020

Source: https://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/iran-parades-iran-marking-sacred-defense-week-with-military-parades/
In this photo showing 3 vexilla (cloth, not metal), while having the same central "logo", the three colors represent the three colors of the Iranian flag: green, white & red.
Bill Garrison, 9 January 2020