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A pixelated golden emblem with a central vertical bar, flanked by symmetrical curved elements and a crown-like top, set against a black background.

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A pixelated golden emblem with a central vertical bar, flanked by symmetrical curved elements and a crown-like top, set against a black background.

A pixelated golden emblem with a central vertical bar, flanked by symmetrical curved elements and a crown-like top, set against a black background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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Depicts

Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • central cross
  • symmetrical curves
  • crown top
  • shield shape

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated emblem in shades of brown and gold on a black background. It features a central vertical bar intersecting a horizontal bar, forming a cross-like structure. Symmetrical curved elements extend from the horizontal bar's ends, curving inward and downward. A crown-like structure sits atop the emblem, composed of multiple small, rounded shapes. The emblem's overall shape is shield-like with a pointed bottom. The pixelation is consistent across the entire image, with no visible text or additional symbols.

Description

A pixelated golden emblem with a central vertical bar, flanked by symmetrical curved elements and a crown-like top, set against a 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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated golden emblem
  • shield shape crown top
  • symmetrical cross emblem
  • black background pixel art

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • golden
  • emblem
  • shield-like
  • crown top
  • central cross
  • symmetrical
  • black background
  • brown tones
  • no text

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807151751162143320560
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.6 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 15:33 UTC
Archive ID
ecb1388e6d1eaaa2
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:00 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.077540

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A pixelated golden emblem with a central vertical bar, flanked by symmetrical curved elements and a crown-like top, set against a black background.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 12:34 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,853 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,091, response 648

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • gold (color, 0.80)
  • emblematic (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • symmetrical (style, 0.80)
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Colors

  • black
  • brown
  • gold

Composition

  • central cross
  • symmetrical curves
  • crown top
  • shield shape

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated emblem in shades of brown and gold on a black background. It features a central vertical bar intersecting a horizontal bar, forming a cross-like structure. Symmetrical curved elements extend from the horizontal bar's ends, curving inward and downward. A crown-like structure sits atop the emblem, composed of multiple small, rounded shapes. The emblem's overall shape is shield-like with a pointed bottom. The pixelation is consistent across the entire image, with no visible text or additional symbols.

Description

A pixelated golden emblem with a central vertical bar, flanked by symmetrical curved elements and a crown-like top, set against a 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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated golden emblem
  • shield shape crown top
  • symmetrical cross emblem
  • black background pixel art

Style

  • pixelated
  • symmetrical
  • emblematic

Subjects

  • emblem

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • golden
  • emblem
  • shield-like
  • crown top
  • central cross
  • symmetrical
  • black background
  • brown tones
  • no text
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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
200807151751162143320560
Archive entry
200807151751162143320560.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 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#200807151751162143320560.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807151751162143320560.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016