{"id":56781,"date":"2017-08-24T16:50:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T23:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=56781"},"modified":"2021-07-01T09:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T16:01:27","slug":"star-trek-discovery-insignia-badges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/star-trek-discovery-insignia-badges\/","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at the New Star Trek: Discovery Insignia Badges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re able to identify all the various insignia badges that have been worn by Starfleet crew\u00a0throughout <em>Star Trek<\/em>&#8216;s history and shows, then, wow: you are a fan! It also means you&#8217;re eagerly awaiting the new show, <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>, premiering in September. Well, also coming in September, from Quantum Mechanix (QMx), are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/hitlist.asp?spotlight=&amp;eeshop=&amp;collect=Prop+Replicas&amp;theme=Star+Trek&amp;company=Quantum+Mechanix&amp;sort=22&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\">four new insignia division badges<\/a> for the avid<em> Star Trek<\/em> memorabilia collector.<\/p>\n<p>Made from a hardy zinc alloy, these badges are exact replicas worn by crew members on the new show in the divisions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/prodinfo.asp?number=QMSTR0118&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\"><strong>command<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/prodinfo.asp?number=QMSTR0128&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\"><strong>medical<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/prodinfo.asp?number=QMSTR0129&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\"><strong>operations<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/prodinfo.asp?number=QMSTR0130&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\"><strong>science<\/strong><\/a>. Each insignia has a brushed and glossy look, the command and operation badges accurately rendered in bronze and the badges for the medical and science divisions in silver.<\/p>\n<p>Measuring approximately 2 3\/4-inches by 1 1\/2-inches, these new Star Trek badges each have the distinction of a clasp that uses short-field magnets to create a hold that is stronger than your typical clasp. This eliminates pinholes, no matter what material you attach a badge to, including leather and suede.<\/p>\n<p>Whichever badge (or badges) is your favorite, pre-order now and be ready to usher in the latest show set in the <em>Star Trek<\/em> universe by proudly wearing your new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/hitlist.asp?spotlight=&amp;eeshop=&amp;collect=Prop+Replicas&amp;theme=Star+Trek&amp;company=Quantum+Mechanix&amp;sort=22&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\"><em>Star Trek:<\/em> <em>Discovery <\/em>insignia badge<\/a>.\u00a0Order yours today!<\/p>\n[justified_image_grid preset=1 ids=&#8221;56783,56784,56785,56786&#8243; thumbs_spacing=5 row_height=200 height_deviation=30 caption=off overlay=hovered overlay_color=#111111 overlay_opacity=0.4 outer_border_width=2 outer_border_color=#cccccc lightbox=prettyphoto margin=&#8221;10px 0&#8243; mobile_caption=off mobile_overlay=off]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re able to identify all the various insignia badges that have been worn by Starfleet crew\u00a0throughout Star Trek&#8216;s history and shows, then, wow: you are a fan! It also means you&#8217;re eagerly awaiting the new show, Star Trek: Discovery, premiering in September. Well, also coming in September, from Quantum Mechanix (QMx), are four new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":56782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[158,1042],"tags":[5390,717,439,4500],"yst_prominent_words":[40803,40808,10859,15147,35933,40807,40802,40804,14898,40805,10682,16513,8741,6017,35673,35929,40806,10685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67709,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56781\/revisions\/67709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56781"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=56781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}