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
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