 The official Marine Corps emblem is the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, sometimes abbreviated "EGA".Adopted in its present form in 1868 by Commandant Jacob Zeilin, it derives partially from ornaments worn by the Continental Marines and the British Royal Marines, and is usually topped with a ribbon reading "Semper Fidelis".The original eagle was a crested eagle found in the Americas, not the bald eagle that appears in the current emblem.