page_title: Scrambled egg (uniform)
hierarchical_section_title: Scrambled egg (uniform)
caption_attribution_description: English: WM Caption: Far East. Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich (on the left), Commander-in-Chief of Dutch warships and, for a period, all Allied Naval Forces in the Netherlands East Indies area until early 1942 talking to Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, RAF, Commander-in-Chief Far East from 1940-11-14 to 1941-12-27
context_page_description: Scrambled eggs or scrambled egg is a slang term for the typically leaf-shaped embellishments found on the visors of peaked caps worn by military officers and for the senior officers who wear them. The phrase is derived from the resemblance that the emblems have to scrambled eggs, particularly when the embellishments are gold in color.
  Today the "scrambled eggs" emblem, in one form or another, has been adopted by the majority of the world's navies. 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. Although the use of the term is principally military, some civilians have similar embellishments on the peaks or visors of their hats.
context_section_description: 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. The phrase is derived from the resemblance that the emblems have to scrambled eggs, particularly when the embellishments are gold in color.
  Today the "scrambled eggs" emblem, in one form or another, has been adopted by the majority of the world's navies. 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. Although the use of the term is principally military, some civilians (such as airline and merchant ship captains and (primarily in the United States) senior uniformed law enforcement officers) have similar embellishments on the peaks or visors of their hats.
caption: Dutch Admiral Helfrich with British Air Marshal Brooke-Popham both wearing peaked caps with embellishments
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