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Wearing military medals:

NOTE: You are not allowed to wear any medals that you have not earned. Depending on the country you could be fined or even sent to jail for the inappropriate wearing of military medals, ribbons, badges or uniform that you are not entitled to. Nevertheless, you are allowed to wear the medals of a deceased relative on special occassions, it is recommended to check what the national regulations are for each country.

Mounting medals: Regardless of the amount of medals you have, it is essential that you get the order of your medals correct. That means place the lowest ranking medal in the right and the highest ranking on the left. We can see this in the image at the right hand side, since the air crew medal star is more important than the croix de guerre. Fig.1. In order to ensure you have mounted your medals correctly it is highly recomendable to check your countries medal chart.



Different ways of mounting medals:The two methods talked about below can be used for wearing full sized and miniature sized medals.

Swing mounted: The easiest way of mounting medals is swing mounted, in which the medals simply hang from a brooch used to attach to the clothes as seen in Fig.2.



Court mounted: The other way is to court mount them, that means that the ribbon of the medal can be seen at the back. This way of mounting medals is commonly seen in the United Kingdom, but also in the United States. Fig.3.1 and 3.2.



Overlapping: You can ONLY overlap full sized medals NOT miniatures Fig.4

It will only be required to start to overlap medals when you have six or more, but if you have got a large amount of accolades you should only wear a limited amount of them, either the highest ranking ones or the most important ones for you personally. You can overlap medals if they are both court mounted and swing mounted. How much you should overlap your medals dependa on the amount of accolades you have as well as your uniform regulations.



'''Wearing medals with different attire ''' Unless it is a very specific event, when wearing Mess dress, Black tie, White tie and Suit it is generally recommended to wear miniatures. They should ALWAYS be worn on the left-hand side. As seen in Fig.5 they should be worn on top of the pocket.



When wearing uniform you should only wear ribbons as seen in Fig.6



When wearing formal uniform and suit then you are allowed to wear your full sized medals, Fig.7. But if you are wearing civilian attire and you have more than one neck decoration, ONLY wear one of them on top of the tie.