See good-conduct badge.
·vt To mark or distinguish with a badge. II. Badge ·noun Something characteristic; a mark; a token....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A term used for one burned in the hand. He has got his badge, and piked; he was burned in the hand, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Quarter badges. False quarter-galleries in imitation of frigate-built ships. Also, in naval architec...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A foul anchor. ...
A proper object of the admiralty jurisdiction. ...
Parish Pensioners. Cant. ...
Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galler...
Marked by a chevron on the lower part of the sleeve, granted by the admiralty, and carrying a slight...