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The Delta Tau Delta badge is square with deeply concave sides.<ref name=":0">Baird, W. Raimond (William Raimond) [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn4g6y?urlappend=%3Bseq=118%3Bownerid=27021597765435927-122 ''American College Fraternities 2nd edition''.] Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. pp. 78. via Hathi Trust.</ref> Its background is black enamel and is decorated with symbols and the letters '''{{lang|grc|ΔΤΔ}}''' in gold. Above the letters is an eye rayed in glory.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Insignia |url=http://www.thedeltsatasu.com/insignia.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Delts at Arizona State |language=en}}</ref> Below the letters is a crescent moon. There is a five-pointed star in each corner.<ref name=":0" /> The pledge badge has the same shape and stars but has just the outlines of a square in the center.<ref name=":1" /> An older version of the badge featured the same symbols on a star with six points, along with an anchor and clasped hands.<ref name=":0" /> This version was discontinued at the 1878 national convention.<ref name=":0" /> Historically, the fraternity also had a monogrammed badge for alumni.<ref name=":0" />

 

 

The fraternity's coat of arms includes a shield, a charge, a torse, the crest, and the motto,<ref name=":1" /> The shield is decorated with the charge which includes a white seven-pointed star on a black background, a gold lyre on a green background, five six-pointed white stars arranged in a shape on a purple background, and a white chevron on a red background.<ref name=":1" /> Above the shield is the torse which is a twisted rope in the official colors of gold, royal purple, and white. <ref name=":1" />The crest consist of an eye rayed in glory, located above the torse. The motto consists of a ribbon beneath the shield with the fraternity's name in English.<ref name=":1" />