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a knot of ribbon that told the world which revolution you were dying for

french revolutionTricolor cockades marked patriots; wearing the wrong one risked death
hat badgePinned to hats to broadcast political loyalty
name originFrom French cocarde, evoking a rooster's jaunty crest
military useArmies used cockade colors to distinguish allegiance
women's law1793 France made the cockade compulsory for women
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