Commemoration
Reversed Arms
The tradition of reversing and resting on arms as a mark of respect or mourning has been observed for centuries and is said to have originated with the ancient Greeks. The earliest documented instances of carrying arms reversed in more recent times are in descriptions of sixteenth-century military funerals. Although Australian soldiers still rest on arms as a mark of respect for the dead, the Steyr rifle is difficult to carry reversed.
Remembrance Day ceremony 1999, showing Catafalque Party with reversed
arms.
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