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Golden shield-shaped emblem with stylized letter B at center, surrounded by ornate floral and scrollwork details on black background.

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Golden shield-shaped emblem with stylized letter B at center, surrounded by ornate floral and scrollwork details on black background.

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • symmetrical
  • central letter B
  • shield shape
  • surrounded by decorative elements

Dense Caption

Golden shield-shaped emblem composed of pixelated squares. Central vertical element is a large stylized capital 'B' in golden hue. Ornate decorative elements surround the central 'B': top features a crown-like structure with cross motifs; sides have symmetrical scrolling patterns and floral shapes; bottom has leafy scrollwork forming a pointed base. All design elements are rendered in shades of gold, tan, and brown against solid black background. Pixelation is visible throughout due to low-resolution rendering.

Description

  • Golden shield-shaped emblem with stylized letter B at center, surrounded by ornate floral and scrollwork details on black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200711050406431605797641

Named Entities

  • B

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • golden shield letter B
  • ornate scrollwork crown
  • pixelated emblem black background
  • stylized B shield

Visible Text

  • B

Visually Supported Entities

  • B

Wordwall

  • golden shield
  • stylized B
  • ornate scrollwork
  • crown top
  • black background
  • pixelated

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711050406431605797641
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.9 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC
Archive ID
b9ddd270d23ce5f9
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:33 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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Golden shield-shaped emblem with stylized letter B at center, surrounded by ornate floral and scrollwork details on black background.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 15:21 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,881 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,090, response 636

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • gold (color, 0.80)
  • tan (color, 0.80)
  • ornate (style, 0.80)
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  • scrollwork (subject, 0.80)
  • shield (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • gold
  • tan
  • brown
  • black

Composition

  • symmetrical
  • central letter B
  • shield shape
  • surrounded by decorative elements

Dense Caption

Golden shield-shaped emblem composed of pixelated squares. Central vertical element is a large stylized capital 'B' in golden hue. Ornate decorative elements surround the central 'B': top features a crown-like structure with cross motifs; sides have symmetrical scrolling patterns and floral shapes; bottom has leafy scrollwork forming a pointed base. All design elements are rendered in shades of gold, tan, and brown against solid black background. Pixelation is visible throughout due to low-resolution rendering.

Description

  • Golden shield-shaped emblem with stylized letter B at center, surrounded by ornate floral and scrollwork details on black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200711050406431605797641

Named Entities

  • B

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • golden shield letter B
  • ornate scrollwork crown
  • pixelated emblem black background
  • stylized B shield

Style

  • ornate
  • stylized
  • pixelated

Subjects

  • shield
  • letter B
  • scrollwork
  • crown

Visible Text

  • B

Visually Supported Entities

  • B

Wordwall

  • golden shield
  • stylized B
  • ornate scrollwork
  • crown top
  • black background
  • pixelated
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Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200711050406431605797641
Archive entry
200711050406431605797641.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711050406431605797641.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711050406431605797641.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016