page_title: Baldric
section_title: Today
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caption_attribution_description: English: Staff Sergeant Kady Miller leads the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band in the 75th Anniversary Liberation of Guam Parade in Hagatna, Guam in July 2019. She is pictured in Blue Dress D uniform with ceremonial drum major baldric and holding a drum major mace in left hand while saluting with the right. Prior to upload, file was modified from original through slight cropping to center the principal subject, and white balancing.
context_page_description: A baldric is a belt worn over one shoulder that is typically used to carry a weapon or other implement such as a bugle or drum.
  The word may also refer to any belt in general, but this usage is poetic or archaic. In modern contexts, military drum majors usually wear a baldric.
context_section_description: Many non-military or paramilitary organisations include baldrics as part of ceremonial dress.  The Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Colour Corps uses a baldric as part of their uniform; it supports a ceremonial sword.
  The University of Illinois Marching Illini wore two baldrics as a part of their uniform until 2009, with one over each shoulder. They crossed in the front and back and were buttoned onto the jacket beneath a cape and epaulets.  Today, the current Marching Illini wears one baldric with two sides:  ILLINI is on one side and the traditional orange and white baldric from the previous uniform.
  A crossed pair of baldrics is often worn as part of uniform of Morris dance sides; different colours of baldric help to distinguish different sides.
caption: A drum major of the United States' III Marine Expeditionary Forces Band is pictured wearing a baldric in 2019
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