MINIATURE MEDALS

Table 7-1.-Table for Wearing Large or Miniature Medals LARGE MEDALS. —You may wear large dress jackets, position the holding bar of the medals on your full dress uniforms. When you lowest row of miniature medals 3 inches below wear more than one medal, suspend them from a holding bar of metal or other material of sufficient strength to support their weight. Locate the holding bar of the lowest row of medals in the same position as was previously described for the lowest ribbon bar. The bar is 4 1/8 inches wide; each row of medals is 3 1/4 inches long from the top of the ribbons to the bottom of the medals. The bottoms of the medals dress in a horizontal line. When you wear more than one row, no row should contain a lesser number of medals than the row above. Except for the uppermost row, all rows should contain the same number of medals—three medals side by side or up to five medals overlapping (see table 7-1). Arrange medals in order of precedence in rows from top down and inboard to outboard within rows. If you possess five or more medals, wear a minimum of five; you may wear all if desired. If you wear only one row of medals, the row should consist of the five senior medals (fig. 7-17). MINIATURE MEDALS. —You may wear miniature medals with all formal dress uniforms and dinner dress uniforms. On the male dinner the notch and centered on the lapel. On the male’s blue or white service coats, center the holding bar for the miniature medals immediately above the left breast pocket. On the women’s blue or white coats, center the holding bar immediately above the left pocket flap. On the women’s dinner dress jacket uniforms, place the holding bar in the same relative position that it would be placed on the maIe’s dinner dress jackets. Each row of miniature medals is 2 1/4 inches long from the top of the ribbons to the bottom of the medals. The bottoms of the medals dress in a horizontal line. Position upper rows of medals so that they cover the ribbons of the medals below. Arrange medals in order of precedence in rows from top down and inboard to outboard within rows. If you possess five or more medals, wear a minimum of five medals; you may wear all if desired. If you only wear one row of medals, the row should consist of the five senior medals (fig. 7-18). MAINTENANCE OF YOUR UNIFORM To obtain the maximum service from your uniforms, you should maintain and care for them 7-24