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roundel

cockade of the French Air Force was first used on military aircraft before the First World War A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also for a type of national insignia used on military aircraft and sometimes combat vehicles, generally circular and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours. Roundels are used in many other contexts as well.

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cockade of the French Air Force was first used on military aircraft before the First World War A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also for a type of national insignia used on military aircraft and sometimes combat vehicles, generally circular and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours. Roundels are used in many other contexts as well.

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