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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, have been adopted by the majority of the world's navies. Although the use of the term is principally military, some civilians (such as merchant ship captains) have similar embellishments on the peaks or visors of their hats. 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. In the United States armed forces, "scrambled eggs" is the nickname for the golden oak leaf embellishments on the bills of dress hats worn by officer personnel in the grade of major/O-4 or higher in the Army and Marine Corps, and officer personnel in the grade of commander/O-5 or higher in the Navy and Coast Guard. The equivalent embellishments on the hats of officers in the grade of major/O-4 or higher in the Air Force are silver clouds and lightning bolts in place of oak leaves, sometimes referred to as "farts and darts." The difference in grades at which an officer can assume the wearing of embellishments is peculiar to the individual customs and traditions of the services in that the Navy considers the grade of O-4 to be a junior officer rank. At the flag or general officer level, O-7 and higher, additional embellishments are added to distinguish them from the field ranks. Provided by Wikipedia