Badges are quite commonly granted. While they aren't often displayed on the achievement they are, however, always depicted somewhere on the armiger's letters patent. Both Gayre and Moncrieff (of that Ilk) were of the opinion that most early crests were actually "badges" and continue to be so today; hence their use by chiefs to show who "belongs" to their clan (in the same way a soldier "belongs" to his regiment or a sailor "belongs" to his ship, a clansman "belongs" to his chief). Most armigers depict their badge (often along with their crest) on their standard or guidon. Until recently badges were also used on the livery buttons of servants in lieu of the crest of their employer.