Death before dishonour

A dagger wrapped in a banner reading Death before dishonour, the old service motto. Tall and narrow, made for a forearm or the side of a calf at 14 to 18 cm.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1998.84.50F. Public domain (CC0).

Public domain. Any artist can tattoo it; ask them to draw it their way.