Editing Crescent (section)

==Contemporary use==
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The crescent remains in use as [[astrological symbol]] and [[astronomical symbol]] representing the Moon. 
Use of a standalone crescent in flags is less common than the [[star and crescent]] combination. Crescents without stars are found in the [[flag of South Carolina|South Carolina state flag]] (1861), [[All India Muslim League]] (1906-1947), the [[flag of Maldives]] (1965), the 
[[flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] (1981)<ref>In 2011 replaced with a logo showing a crescent engulfing the globe. {{cite web|title=Ihsanoglu urges international community to recognize state of Palestine at the United Nations, historic change of OIC logo and name to Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation |url=http://www.oic-oci.org/oicv2/topic/?t_id=5453&ref=2296&lan=en |website=Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |access-date=25 January 2016 |date=28 June 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the flag of the [[Arab League]].

[[New Orleans]] is nicknamed "the Crescent City", and a crescent (or crescent and star) is used to represent the city in official emblems.<ref name="History of the New Orleans Police Department Badge">{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.gov/nopd/about-us/history/badge/ |title=History of the NOPD Badge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724043726/http://www.nola.gov/nopd/about-us/history/badge/ |archive-date=2013-07-24 }} The origin is the crescent shape of the old city, hugging the East Bank of the [[Mississippi River]].</ref>

Crescents, often with faces, are found on numerous modern municipal coats of arms in Europe, e.g.
[[Germany]]: [[Bönnigheim]], [[Dettighofen, Baden-Württemberg|Dettighofen]], [[Dogern]], [[Jesenwang]], [[Karstädt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Karstädt]], [[Angelbachtal|Michelfeld (Angelbachtal)]], [[Waldbronn]]; 
[[Switzerland]]: [[Boswil]], [[Dättlikon]], [[Neerach]] (from the 16th-century [[Neuamt]] coat of arms);
[[France]]: [[Katzenthal]], [[Mortcerf]];
[[Malta]]: [[Qormi]];
[[Sweden]]: [[Trosa Municipality|Trosa]].

The crescent printed on [[military ration]] boxes is the [[US Department of Defense]] symbol for subsistence items. The symbol is used on packaged foodstuffs but not on fresh produce or on items intended for resale.<ref>[[MIL STD 129]], FM 55-17</ref>

Since 1993, the crescent has also been in use as [[Religious symbolism in the United States military#Muslim|chaplain badge]] for [[Islam in the United States|Muslim]] chaplains in the [[US military]].<ref name=USchaplains/>

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File:Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg|[[Flag of South Carolina]] (1861)
File:Flag of Maldives.svg|[[Flag of Maldives]] (1965)
File:IFRC_logo_2020.svg|The [[Emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|emblem]] of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] around the world
File:MHP_Symbol.svg|Symbol of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] of Turkey
File:Dreamliner_logo.svg|The ''Dreamliner'' logo is painted on many [[Boeing 787]]s
File:Coat of Arms of the 1st-54 Regulares Battalion Tetuán.svg|Coat of arms of the 1st-54 [[Regulares]] Battalion "Tetuán" ([[Spanish Army]])
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