Bulawa
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The bulawa or bulava (Polish: buława, Ukrainian and Russian: булава) was a ceremonial mace or baton carried by a hetman, an officer of the highest military rank (a Field or Grand Hetman of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) or the military head of a Cossack state. In Slavic languages, a bulava or bulawa is a mace or a club, in both the military and ceremonial senses.
Hetmans typically added an image of a buława to their coats of arms. Today the bulawa appears in the rank insignia of a Marshal of Poland. The bulava is also an official symbol of the President of Ukraine, being housed in Ukraine's Vernadsky National Library.
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 Hetman Jan Zamoyski in a crimson delia and blue silk żupan. His right hand holds a hetman's bulawa. |
 Edward Rydz-Śmigły (right) receiving Marshal's buława from Polish President Ignacy Mościcki, Warsaw, November 10, 1936. |
 Polish Field Marshal Rank Insignia |
 Coat of Arms of Polish Hetmans |
 Bulawa of Field Crown Hetman Marcin Kalinowski |
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