Honour Badges (Space Marines) - Space Marine Honour Badges: Iron Halo - Types 1 & 2 		 	 Iron Halo - The simple badge called the Iron Halo has its origins in the earliest days of the Imperium. Often painted onto an Astartes' armour as a red badge, the Iron Halo is the award granted for an exceptional battlefield leader and strategist. This award is given to those Battle-Brothers who demonstrate exceptional initiative. It is displayed on the shoulder armour or behind the helmet of the Astartes who has earned it as a mark of rank.Iron Skulls - Types 1, 2 & 3 		 	 Iron Skull - A traditional badge of ancient origin, the Iron Skull is awarded for the display of exceptional leadership in combat. It is the Codex Astartes-required insignia for a Space Marine Sergeant and is often displayed on the shoulder armour or helmet of an Astartes of this rank. The classical convention is to represent the Iron Skull as a red heraldic device.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/5/5e/Imperial_Laurels_variants.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131025184952" class="image"><img alt="Imperial Laurels variants" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/5/5e/Imperial_Laurels_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025184952" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="180" height="60" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Imperial Laurels variants.jpg" data-image-key="Imperial_Laurels_variants.jpg" data-relevant="1" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/5/5e/Imperial_Laurels_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025184952" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			Imperial Laurels - Type 1, 2 & 3 		 	 Imperial Laurel - Deeds of valour leading to a great victory for the Imperium are rewarded with the Imperial Laurel. A Battle-Brother who bears this honour has literally earned his laurels. The wreath is often worn as a crown or sculpted into the Ceramite of an Astartes's helmet. The Wreathed Skull is also a common form of the same honour. The Codex Astartes demands that Company and Chapter Standards be borne into battle only by Astartes who have been awarded the Imperial Laurel.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/7/7b/Purity_Seals_variants.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131025185049" class="image"><img alt="Purity Seals variants" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/7/7b/Purity_Seals_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185049" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="180" height="148" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Purity Seals variants.jpg" data-image-key="Purity_Seals_variants.jpg" data-relevant="1" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/7/7b/Purity_Seals_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185049" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			Purity Seals variants 		 	 Purity Seal - The Purity Seal is not so much an honour as a blessing given by the Chapter's Chaplains. Before a campaign the Chaplains pass through the ranks chanting litanies and invocations. Honoured individuals are marked by the Chaplains for special blessings recorded on the parchment streamers and affixed to their armour with the great wax seal which are often replaced with a more permanent electrum casting of the seal after the battle.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/b/bc/Marksman%27s_Honours_variants.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131025185219" class="image"><img alt="Marksman&#39;s Honours variants" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/b/bc/Marksman%27s_Honours_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185219" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="180" height="126" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Marksman&#39;s Honours variants.jpg" data-image-key="Marksman%27s_Honours_variants.jpg" data-relevant="1" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/b/bc/Marksman%27s_Honours_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185219" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			Marksman's Honours 		 	 Marksman's Honour - The Marksman's Honour is a device used to recognize those Astartes that perform acts of remarkably accurate shooting or consistent performance with their targeting. The Codex Astartes insists that those warriors who prove their combat accuracy should be singled out so that their skill may be instantly commanded. Within certain Chapters it is believed that the Marksman's Honour badges were forged by encasing in gold the Bolter shell cases fired in battle by that Chapter's Primarch.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/9/95/Imperialis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111022214804" class="image"><img alt="Imperialis" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/9/95/Imperialis.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20111022214804" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="120" height="47" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Imperialis.jpg" data-image-key="Imperialis.jpg" data-relevant="0" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/9/95/Imperialis.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20111022214804" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			The Imperialis 		 	 The Imperialis - The winged skull badge that is called the Imperialis has its origins in the great Horus Heresy. It was adopted as the campaign badge of the Loyalist Legions during the Imperium-wide conflict that was the heresy. Since then it has become the honour of righteous victory. Most often the chest armour of the recipient is carved into the great winged skull but it can also appear on the banners and finials.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/b/bd/Skull_%26_Mottos_variants.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131025185316" class="image"><img alt="Skull &amp; Mottos variants" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/b/bd/Skull_%26_Mottos_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185316" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="180" height="47" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Skull &amp; Mottos variants.jpg" data-image-key="Skull_%26_Mottos_variants.jpg" data-relevant="1" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/b/bd/Skull_%26_Mottos_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185316" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			Skull & Motto (with a pair of Ultramarines variants) 		 	 Skull and Motto - In addition to the specific badge of the Iron Skull, there are many other icons and emblems which incorporate the skull, a common Imperil motif intended to represent the sacrifice made by the Emperor for humanity's sake during the Horus Heresy. As honours these decorations often have a multitude of uses and meanings. Often combined with simple mottoes, the skull honour can be seen on shoulder plates, helmets, kneepads and even on Bolter cases or vehicles.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/0/04/Prime_Helix_variants.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131025185409" class="image"><img alt="Prime Helix variants" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/0/04/Prime_Helix_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185409" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="180" height="74" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Prime Helix variants.jpg" data-image-key="Prime_Helix_variants.jpg" data-relevant="1" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/0/04/Prime_Helix_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185409" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			Prime Helix variants 		 	 Prime Helix - The Prime Helix is the emblem of the Apothecaries of a Chapter. The bright red design represents both the gene-seed itself and, to some extent, the sacrifice every Space Marine is prepared to make to ensure the Chapter's future.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/0/06/Machina_opus.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111022215910" class="image"><img alt="Machina opus" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/0/06/Machina_opus.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20111022215910" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="120" height="120" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Machina opus.jpg" data-image-key="Machina_opus.jpg" data-relevant="0" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/0/06/Machina_opus.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20111022215910" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			Machina Opus 		 	 Machina Opus - The Machina Opus is the mark of a Tech-priest Adept. It is awarded to each Techmarine as he completes his mysterious training with the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars. Bearers of the Machina Opus are accorded great respect by the Tech-priests and they alone are allowed free passage through the Red Planet's Ring of Iron and into the great workshops of the Martian Hive.<a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/f/f0/Terminator_Honours_variants.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131025185515" class="image"><img alt="Terminator Honours variants" src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/f/f0/Terminator_Honours_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185515" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="180" height="65" class="thumbimage" data-image-name="Terminator Honours variants.jpg" data-image-key="Terminator_Honours_variants.jpg" data-relevant="1" data-src="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/f/f0/Terminator_Honours_variants.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20131025185515" /></a> 	 		 			 		 		 		 			Crux Terminatus variants 		 	 Crux Terminatus - This is one of the most famous of all Space Marine icons. Only the honoured 1st Company Veterans of a Space Marine Chapter fight in suits of Terminator Armour and wear this badge. The symbol has various forms and designs but all versions are carved from great chunks of stone. Within each badge is bound an infinitesimal fragment of the suit of Power Armour worn by the Emperor during his climatic battle with the arch-traitor Horus over ten millennia ago high above Terra. Sergeants and Captains bear modified versions of the design to signify their rank and authority. Smaller representations of the Crux are frequently worn by the Veterans when they fight in standard Power Armour to display their elite status. These small, metallic icons can be hung from banner tops, weapons and belts.