• The Order of the Day of the Sword Scabbard, or the Sword Scabbard Declaration, actually refers to two related declarations by the Finnish Commander-in-Chief...
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    movement's successor, the Patriotic People's Movement. The Mannerheim Sword Scabbard Declarations in 1918 and 1941 increased enthusiasm for the idea. Under the...
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    all". On 10 July, Mannerheim drafted his order of the day, the Sword Scabbard Declaration, in which he pledged to liberate Karelia; in December 1941 in...
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    to its scabbard with a deft move. The sword figures eponymously in Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy, in which Waugh contrasts the sword, symbol...
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    publication of Mannerheim's Order of the Day of 10 July, the so-called Sword Scabbard Declaration. New demands on transit of an armed division from Trelleborg to...
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    sheathed sword, he took it with both hands and kissed the scabbard. Stalin held the sword by the sheathe and angled the pommel downwards, causing the sword to...
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    British Iron Age Sword and Scabbards British Museum Press, Catalogue number 206. St. Clair was one of the signatories of the Declaration of Arbroath; his...
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  • Guards, wrote his famous "sword scabbard order of the day," in which he said that he would not put his sword into the scabbard until East Karelia was free...
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    Encyclopædia Britannica "North Press Obtains Draft of Syria's Constitutional Declaration". The Syrian Observer. North Press. March 13, 2025. Archived from the...
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  • their attacks begin to injure Kaido, who wonders in bewilderment how the Scabbards are able to hurt him, as none of their attacks are as strong Oden's. Kaido...
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    uniform, with his cloak thrown back. His left hand is grasping his sword by the scabbard and raised above his waist, while his right, extended, holds a scroll...
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    life," holds an empty scabbard in one hand. With his other hand, as if providing instruction, he points to his unsheathed sword, held by the naked young...
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    by the United States in World War I prior to the official US Congress declaration of war against Germany. The first shots fired after the US Congress declared...
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  • leader of a group of legendary and powerful samurai known as the Nine Red Scabbards, with all of them serving as his retainers and most trusted allies. As...
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    were a red lotus come out of its chalice [or, applied to the sword: drawn out of its scabbard], which he had delightedly seized from the Fortune of war by...
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    striking figure with masses of white hair. He is leaning on a huge scabbarded sword which he raises with a wild cry in answer to the shouted greeting of...
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    Legislative Assembly of Jamaica presented Duckworth with a ceremonial sword and a gold scabbard, inscribed with a message of thanks.[b] The merchants of Kingston...
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    hilts and in their scabbards". In March 1978, burglars broached the front door of the museum, smashed showcases, and stole the three swords and two daggers...
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  • required to wear black gloves, piqué bow ties, and carry a black scabbard and sword; and pages, who are required to wear black cravats, armbands, and...
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  • by B. B. King; a collection of art by Steve Kaufman; an 1800s Japanese scabbard; an 1890s pop-up book; and a Ford security guard badge with four buttons...
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    admiration for these things was further increased by a sword of an astonishing size, whose scabbard and hilt, in addition to excellent embossed decorations...
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  • 4 cm (10 in) long. When placed in its scabbard, the sword is 101 cm (40 in) long and weighs 1.9 kg (4 lb). The sword is an ancient symbol of sovereignty...
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    Troubled Times") #20 Fate/Extra Katana to Saya ( 刀と鞘, Katana to Saya, "Sword and Scabbard") #27 Katanagatari 2012 Kyoumu Densen ( 凶夢伝染, Kyoumu Densen, "Nightmare...
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    and her soil, or BLOOD!" screamed one editorial. "Let the sword be drawn and the scabbard thrown away!" In June, Congress authorized 50,000 troops and...
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    pouches, all made of black leather; a canteen, haversack, plus bayonet scabbard. In the Puerto Rican campaign, Marine detachments under Lieutenant John...
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    Catholic Duke of Guise stated his support declaring that his "sword would never rest in its scabbard when the execution of this decision was in question." Though...
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  • not wrong, and he decides to continue fighting. At that moment, Saber's scabbard Avalon, which Kiritsugu had placed inside Shirou to heal the injuries he...
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    Bismarck later recorded that there had been a "rattling of sabres in their scabbards" from Prussian officers when they learned that the king would not suppress...
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    or shark skins (used to make a sort of shagreen for Japanese sword handles and scabbards). The Japanese were noted by the Dutch for challenging the trade...
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    over the belt on the left side to support the weight of the bayonet and scabbard. This design was intended to improve mobility while marching and reduce...
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