The civilian use of cockades has continued down to the present day-- liveried servants used to place a cockade composed of the colours of their employer in their hat. Generally speaking the last liveried servants to wear hats as part of their duties were coachmen, and their top hats in the 19th century were usually fitted with a cockade of the appropriate colours. This continues today with uniformed chauffeurs-- those "on hire" usually have a black cockade on the front of their hat, while those privately employed "in service" sport the livery colours of their employer.