Quote Originally Posted by shagger999uk View Post
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http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/gen..._Rulations.pdf ... The official mounting method for UK medals is swing mount, with few exceptions, but court mounted is more popular and accepted as the norm by most.
Err... Current British Army regulation is court mounting. Page 61 of the link you quoted above agrees. I believe its a matter of uniformity and probably so that medals don't clink on parade...

... Decorations and Medals
Decorations and Medals are to be court mounted and worn as follows: ...