铁锚是海军和海运界的图腾,各国的海军军旗和军徽都以铁锚为主体,海军和海员的服饰、钮扣、腰带都标有铁锚的印记。一些国家把历史上建过功勋的军舰上的铁锚作为国家和军队荣誉陈列于博物馆、广场或战地,如日本曾在旅顺港口西侧安置着日、俄战争中堵塞旅顺口的日舰的铁锚(文化大革命中被炸毁)。还往往把微缩的铁锚模型冠以舰名作为 Iron anchor is the totem of the naval and maritime circles. The naval flags and military emblems of all countries are anchored by iron anchors. The navy and seafarers’ clothes, buttons and belts are marked with iron anchors. In some countries, ironclad anchors on ships and warships built historically have been honored as museums, plazas or battlefields by the state and the army. For example, Japan had installed ironworks on the west side of Port Lushun in the days of the Russo-Japanese War that blocked the Lushunkou ship Anchor (bombed during the Cultural Revolution). Also often the miniature iron anchor model crown as the name