![]() ![]() In the British Armed Forces, and in the armed forces of several other Commonwealth countries, scrambled egg (singular) is a nickname for the gold braid (called an "oak leaf sprig") on the peak of senior officers' peaked caps, and by extension a nickname for an officer. General Sir Richard Dannatt wearing a service dress hat with gold oak leaf embellishments. Although the use of the term is principally military, some civilians (such as airline and merchant ship captains, and senior uniformed law enforcement officers) have similar embellishments on the peaks or visors of their hats. Exceptions include the French Navy and Italian armed forces, which use, respectively, embroideries or different varieties of chin straps on the officers' cap bands to indicate seniority. Today the "scrambled eggs" emblem, in one form or another, has been adopted by the majority of the world's navies. ![]() ![]() The phrase is derived from the resemblance that the emblems have to scrambled eggs, particularly when the embellishments are gold in color. Scrambled eggs ( American English) or scrambled egg ( British English) is a slang term for the typically leaf-shaped embellishments found on the visors of peaked caps worn by military officers and (by metonymy) for the senior officers who wear them. Dutch Admiral Helfrich with British Air Marshal Brooke-Popham both wearing peaked caps with embellishments ![]()
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