The Imperial Aquila, known in ancient times as the Palatine Aquila, is a two-headed eagle sigil which represents the entirety of the Imperium of Man and was chosen by the Emperor of Mankind at the start of the Great Crusade in circa 800.M30. The Aquila replaced the earlier symbol of a lightning bolt that had been used to represent the Imperial forces during the Unification Wars on Terra at the end of the Age of Strife in the late 30th Millennium. The Emperor intended that the Aquila would serve as the banner under which his Space Marine Legions would forge a new galaxy-spanning galactic government for humanity. During the time of the Great Crusade before the Horus Heresy, the two-headed eagle was blind-folded on the right side, and the left side had eyes. The blind side of the symbol represented Mankind looking back into its past at the lessons of its history and traditions, while the sighted eagle was looking into the future and the hope of the better life that the Emperor would create for humanity. After the Heresy, as the Imperial Cult took hold of the minds of men, the Aquila's meaning changed to represent the political union of the Imperium of Man that had been founded on Terra between the forces of the Emperor and the Adeptus Mechanicus of Mars. INFO: The pendant is 1.75 inches long. Pendant comes with a bronze colored chain. It is 20 inches / 51 cm long and has a lobster clasp fitting.
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