Cockade

a ribbon worn in the hat. This military mark succeeded the scarf that was formerly worn by the officers and soldiers belonging to European nations, which are principally distinguished in the following manner. In the army and navy of Great Britain, black silk riband for the officers, and hair cockades for the non-commi ioned officers, private soldiers and mariners; light blue, pink and white ribands mixed, called tricolor or three-colored, distinguish the French; red marks the Spaniard, black the Pru ian and Austrian, green the Ru ian, . Under the old government of France, officers were not permitted to wear a cockade, unle they were regimentally dre ed; and, singular as it may appear, the officers and men belonging to a certain number of old regiments in the Pru ian service do not wear any mark in their hats. In the United States the cockade is worn, in and out of regimentals, by every species of military character.