Mini Medals

[Chas]

In the instance of civilians wearing medals, there are only two rules: Full size medals are only worn during the day and Miniature medals are only worn in the evening. How they are worn is a matter of personal preference, not government regulation.

I believe that full size in the day and mini in the evening is not a regulation either. The basic and main regulation regarding medals of any size for either active duty or civilian is that you wear only authorized medals.

Sorry, don't understand. Who is supposed to be doing this authorising? Or did you mean 'people should only wear medals to which they are entitled'? That, I could understand.

Regards

Chas

[davedove]

Here's the regulation from the Army. I'm sure the other services have similar regs.

AR 670-1

30–6. Wear of medals on civilian clothes

Retired personnel and former members of the Army (as described above) may wear all categories of medals described in this regulation on appropriate civilian clothing. This includes clothes designed for veteran and patriotic organizations on Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, and Armed Forces Day, as well as at formal occasions of ceremony and social functions of a military nature. Personnel may wear either full-size or miniature medals. Personnel who wear medals on civilian clothes should place the medals on the clothing in approximately the same location and in the same manner as for the Army uniform, so they look similar to medals worn on the Army uniform.

So, from this I would say that if you earned the medals in the Army, you should wear them as you would have in the Army. That means full-sized during the day, mini in the evening, and placing them in the same location as you would have on the uniform.