File:45 Commando.png

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	This is the badge of the 45 Commando Royal Marines.
Author or copyright owner	Royal Marines
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/images/badges/rm/45_commando.png
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	45 Commando
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the symbol would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The symbol is a low resolution image and will be used in the infobox.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of an organization's symbol in the article about that organization will not impact the commercial viability of the symbol.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 45 Commando//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:45_Commando.pngtrue

Licensing

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to illustrate the symbol in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.
Fair use

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