Editing Cap badge (section)

{{Short description|Badge worn on uniform headgear}}
{{for|the late Medieval and Tudor hat ornament|Cap hook}}
[[File:Australian_and_US_Navy_caps_stacked_together_during_a_port_visit_by_the_battleship_USS_MISSOURI_(BB_63)._The_ship_is_stopping_over_in_Sydney_during_a_cruise_around_the_world_-_DPLA_-_a0a36b129789542cded99e82afd62449.jpeg|thumb|Cap badge of the United States Navy on the left and cap badges of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on the right.]]
A '''cap badge''', also known as '''head badge''' or '''hat badge''', is a badge worn on [[uniform]] headgear and distinguishes the wearer's nationality and/or organisation. The wearing of cap badges is a convention commonly found among military and police forces, as well as uniformed civilian groups such as the [[Scouting|Boy Scouts]], civil defence organisations, ambulance services (e.g. the [[St. John Ambulance]] Brigade), customs services, fire services etc.

Cap badges are a modern form of [[Heraldic badge|heraldry]] and their design generally incorporates highly symbolic devices. Some badges that contain images of lions or other cats are sometimes informally referred to as cat badges.