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    And it continues up to the present day. There was a Ukraine war fundraiser where you could pay to have a custom message written on munitions.

    https://signmyrocket.com/

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    And even before ammo, people would name and/or engrave their swords.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And spears and slingshot bullets and arrows and armor and...

    https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/curiosities/messages-on-missiles-to-sling/amp/

    Among other things, Greek bullets found inscriptions like “Got you!” or “Ouch!” In turn, during the war of Rome with allies (90-88 BC), engravings were found on the missiles: “For Pompey’s Backside!” (it is about the famous father Pompey the Great – Pompey Strabon’s Gnaeus) or “Take that!”.

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