scrambled eggs cap; ham and eggs cap noun a Captain or First Officer’s cap, with gold “scrambled eggs” applique US,1982
The President noted that the general was “with shirt unbuttoned, wearing a greasy ham and eggs cap that evidently had been in use for twenty years.” — Joseph C. Goulden, Korea, p. 265
“That famous scrambled-egg hat did not look very dashing on that day either. He [General MacArthur] was a beaten man.” — Joseph C. Goulden, Korea, p. 453, 1982