Australia’s Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, has issued a directive to troops that bans the wearing of ‘death symbols’.
Several symbols were specifically prohibited because of their violent, murderous, and vigilante symbolism, including the Grim Reaper, the Skull and Crossbones, Spartans, and the Phantom or Punisher.
General Campbell said the wearing of these symbols was arrogant, ill-considered and that it eroded the ethos of the Army.