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[[Space Marine]] helmets are often adorned with a crest, a form of [[Space Marine Honour Badge]] that can signal the rank or prestige of the bearer.
==Officer Crest==
[[File:Remus Ventanus.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Remus Ventanus]] bearing the vertical crest of a [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]].{{Fn|3}}]]
An '''Officer crest'''{{Fn|1}} was used by officers of the [[Legiones Astartes]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]]. [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]]s used a horizontal crest{{fn|2}}, while [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]s wore vertical crests.{{Fn|3}}
==Valour Crest==
The '''Valour Crest''' is a Space Marine Honour Badge awarded by the [[Ultramarines]] [[chapter]] and possibly other chapters as well. It must be earned through acts of near suicidal bravery.{{Fn|4b}}
Notable recipients include [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Cato Sicarius]], who won the right to wear his crest for his actions during the [[Siege of Fort Telrendar]], when he was first through the breach.{{Fn|4a}}{{Fn|4b}}
== See also ==
*[[Space Marine Honour Badges]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Aurelian (Novella)]], by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], Chapter 6
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Unremembered Empire (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Chapter 9
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]], pg. 153
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 18
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 22
[[Category:Space Marine Honours]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
[[Space Marine]] helmets are often adorned with a crest, a form of [[Space Marine Honour Badge]] that can signal the rank or prestige of the bearer.
==Officer Crest==
[[File:Remus Ventanus.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Remus Ventanus]] bearing the vertical crest of a [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]].{{Fn|3}}]]
An '''Officer crest'''{{Fn|1}} was used by officers of the [[Legiones Astartes]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]]. [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]]s used a horizontal crest{{fn|2}}, while [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]s wore vertical crests.{{Fn|3}}
==Valour Crest==
The '''Valour Crest''' is a Space Marine Honour Badge awarded by the [[Ultramarines]] [[chapter]] and possibly other chapters as well. It must be earned through acts of near suicidal bravery.{{Fn|4b}}
Notable recipients include [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Cato Sicarius]], who won the right to wear his crest for his actions during the [[Siege of Fort Telrendar]], when he was first through the breach.{{Fn|4a}}{{Fn|4b}}
== See also ==
*[[Space Marine Honour Badges]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Aurelian (Novella)]], by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], Chapter 6
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Unremembered Empire (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Chapter 9
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]], pg. 153
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 18
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 22
[[Category:Space Marine Honours]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
