cockades
Ribboned hat badges
A cockade is a ribbon or knot of ribbons worn on a hat as a badge, typically to indicate allegiance to a political faction, military unit, or national cause.
Cockades were especially prominent during the 18th and 19th centuries, when different colored rosettes signified revolutionary sympathies or royal loyalty.
The soldiers wore black cockades on their tricorn hats.
The term now appears mainly in historical contexts or descriptions of period military uniforms.
Circular ribbon ornament
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- tricolorThree-hued emblem
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- factionGroup within group
allegiance · Jacobin · loyalty · partisan · symbol · ribbon · emblem · movement
Distinguishing mark of rank
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- uniformIdentical throughout
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- hatGarment for the head
tricorn · soldier · cavalry · officer · Napoleon · kepi · shako · beret
Craft of hat design
- hatpinOrnamental headwear securer
- accessorySupplementary addition
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
- trimmingCutting away excess
bonnet · fascinator · feather · bow · ribbon · embellishment · chapeau · haberdashery
rosette
Circular ribbon ornament
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- tricolorThree-hued emblem
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
faction · allegiance · Jacobin · loyalty · partisan · symbol · ribbon · emblem · movement · protest
insignia
Distinguishing mark of rank
hat · tricorn · soldier · cavalry · officer · Napoleon · kepi · shako · beret · decoration
millinery
Craft of hat design
- hatpinOrnamental headwear securer
- accessorySupplementary addition
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
trimming · bonnet · fascinator · feather · bow · ribbon · embellishment · chapeau · haberdashery · decoration
livery
Identifying uniform or colors
- coachmanHorse-drawn carriage operator
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
regalia · procession · herald · butler · formal · chauffeur · display · tradition · costume · heraldry
cockadesdisguise
Identity-concealing alteration
plain dress · concealed identity · anonymity · incognito · plain clothes
cockadesmedals
Awards for achievement
epaulettes · medallions · badges · ribbons · service ribbons