Oak Leaf

Oak leaf may refer to:

Military
  • Oak leaf cluster, a U.S. military decoration
  • A bronze oak leaf device is also used to signify a Mention in Despatches or the award of the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in Commonwealth militaries
  • An additional distinction of Oak Leaves (mit Eichenlaub) was awarded to 883 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the German Iron Cross during the Second World War
  • The rank insignia of Major (United States) and Lieutenant Colonel (United States), as well as Lieutenant Commander (United States) and Commander (United States) are oak leaves
Others
  • Any member of the Kallima genus of butterflies
  • Oak Leaf, Texas

Famous quotes containing the words oak and/or leaf:

    “Where he swings in the wind and rain,
    In the sun and in the snow,
    Without pleasure, without pain,
    On the dead oak tree bough.”
    —Edward Thomas (1878–1917)

    “I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)