Quote Originally Posted by puddlemuddle View Post
Ok,
So as Iam sure some of you are aware that I am really into my family history (as I am sure we are all here) especially that of my two great uncles who served WWI.
So I have aquired an original metal shoulder title like that in my avatar. What I am wanting to do is to mold it (my family owns a jewlery store and can do this for me) and have a pair of them made slightly smaller and in silver (or a white metal) to match the rest of the buttons on my argyll jacket, and where them on the epaulettes, as a tribute. I would go with the Cap badge that I wear.
The question is...would this be too flashy. I would be wearing them when I play the pipes, so in a way it would be part of a uniform, but I would also be wearing them to Semi-formal events as well.

On a similer note, I also wear REPRODUCTIONS of both the WWI Victory medal and British War Medal that both of my uncles were awarded, once again in memory of them.

Cheers,
Chad
Chad,

It would be a bit "over the top" (no pun intended) INMHO, as shoulder titles are a part of uniform kit, and not designed to be worn on mufti. Now, if you were trying to re-create the uniform your uncles wore in WWI for living history/reenacting purposes, then I could see it -- but you obviously wouldn't wear an Argyll jacket for that purpose.

In terms of the medals, remember that in Commonwealth countries, the custom is that family members wear their relatives medals on the right breast and only on certain occasions such as ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day.

Regards,

Todd