Baton

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

The ceremonial baton is a short, thick stick-like object, typically in wood or metal, that is traditionally the sign of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military officer, and carried as a piece of their uniform.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Baton (military)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons.