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:

    “When the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Black creeps from root to root,
    each leaf
    cuts another leaf on the grass,
    shadow seeks shadow,
    then both leaf
    and leaf-shadow are lost.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)