A baldric, also known as a sash, was a wide, usually ornamental belt worn over one shoulder and around the waist that is typically used to carry weapons and/or denote rank. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
Andorian baldric[]
An Andorian baldric
A Eminian diplomatic escort, wearing a purple sash and hat
Regent of Palamar
A baldric worn by Chancellor Alrik
In the 22nd century, some members of the Andorian Imperial Guard wore a baldric either over their left shoulder or their right. This Andorian baldric was made of a leather-like material and comprised of two straps (one thick, one thin) connected to a belt.
Thy'lek Shran often wore this baldric, placing it over his left shoulder. (ENT: "The Andorian Incident", "Proving Ground") He was no longer wearing the baldric when he boarded Enterprise NX-01 in 2161, having left the Guard five years earlier. (ENT: "These Are the Voyages...")
Andorians who wore baldrics[]
Eminian baldric[]
Regent of Palamar[]
Valtese baldric[]
Worn by Chancellor Alrik
Klingon baldric[]
A Klingon baldric worn by Worf
The Klingon baldric was a sash that traditionally went over the left or right shoulder of noble Klingons. It contained the symbol of a Klingon House. (TOS: "Errand of Mercy"; DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire")
Some baldrics were used to hold knives or daggers. (ENT: "Broken Bow")
Gul Dukat was seen wearing a Klingon baldric, which he most likely procured from his captured Bird-of-Prey, or as spoils of war in a subsequent conflict. (DS9: "Apocalypse Rising")
Worf's baldrics[]
Worf was allowed to wear a baldric as a member of Starfleet. He wore his over his right shoulder. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint").
In 2364 (and possibly earlier), Worf wore a gold-coloured weaved baldric with fringed strips along one edge and a single emblem badge at the shoulder. This balric was very similar to the type worn by Klingons in the 23rd century, including Kang and Kor. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "The Neutral Zone"; TOS: "Errand of Mercy", "Day of the Dove")
From 2365 to at least 2379, Worf wore a silver-coloured baldric made of leather straps weaved through a framework of metal rings. Until 2370, this baldric sported two silver badges at the shoulder. The top badge was circular, and the bottom was an irregular six-sided shape - each with a grid pattern inlaid in the center. In 2371, he replaced these badges with two larger, more-ornate badges. The lower of these badges was the crest of the House of Mogh, which he replaced with the crest of the House of Martok in 2373 when he joined that house. (TNG: "The Child"; Star Trek Generations; DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire")
In 2401, Worf wore two black baldrics. Both had similar badges (on one they were coloured silver and the other bronze). The badges were similar to those worn on his previous baldric and may have been stylized versions of the same crests.(PIC: "Disengage", "The Last Generation")
Worf removed this baldric from his Starfleet uniform only on a few occasions, including:
- While being examined by Doctor Katherine Pulaski after fainting in 2365 (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder")
- After mating with K'Ehleyr in 2365 (TNG: "The Emissary")
- A meeting with the Klingon High Council in 2366 (TNG: "Sins of The Father")
- When he killed Duras in 2367 (TNG: "Reunion")
- While playing poker in 2369 (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
- During a poker game in 2370 (TNG: "Liaisons")
- In Deanna Troi's imagination in 2370, after she hallucinated that he had spent the night with her (TNG: "Eye of the Beholder")
- When he was on trial in 2372 (DS9: "Rules of Engagement")
- Upon entering Dr. Bashir's office in 2373, after his first intimate encounter with Jadzia Dax (DS9: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places")
- Shortly after returning to the USS Enterprise-E's bridge after destroying the Borg's interplexing beacon on the ship's deflector dish in 2063 (Star Trek: First Contact)
- When imprisoned in Internment Camp 371 by the Dominion in 2373 (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow", "By Inferno's Light")
- While serving aboard a Klingon Bird-of-Prey in 2373 (DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire")
- While in his quarters on Deep Space 9 in 2375, before and during Kor's visit to him there (DS9: "Once More Unto the Breach")
In 2368, when the personal memories of crew of the USS Enterprise-D were suppressed as part of a conspiracy to draw them into a war, the presence of Worf's baldric led him to believe that he may be in command of the vessel, a position he chose to adopt and which others chose to go along with, given the lack of other information to prove differently. (TNG: "Conundrum")
Jean-Luc Picard once told Worf to "straighten his baldric" after Worf entered the bridge late for his duty shift. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
Klingons who wore baldrics[]
- B'iJik (right shoulder)
- Chang (right shoulder)
- Duras (right shoulder)
- Gowron (right shoulder)
- Kahless the Unforgettable (right shoulder)
- Kahless' clone (right shoulder)
- Kang (left shoulder, later right shoulder)
- Kerla (right shoulder)
- Klaang (left shoulder)
- Klag (right shoulder)
- K'mpec (right shoulder)
- K'Nera (right shoulder)
- Koloth (right shoulder)
- Kor (left shoulder, later right shoulder)
- Korrd (right shoulder)
- Krell (right shoulder)
- Maltz (right shoulder)
- Martok (right shoulder)
- Morag (right shoulder)
- Torak (right shoulder)
- Torg (right shoulder)
- Worf (right shoulder)
Gallery of Klingon baldrics[]
Romulian Baldric[]
Tamarian baldric[]
The Children of Tama wore balrics over their left shoulder, bearing ceremonial daggers at the chest. While this was an apparent part of the Tamarian duty uniform, Kayshon also wore a baldric as an accessory to his Starfleet duty uniform.
Tamarian duty uniform, including baldic and dagger sheath.
