I have been asked my opinion concerning the many none campaign medals being purchased and worn by men and women alongside the medals awarded.
In example I remember a young man in my town wearing his grandfathers melds on his right breast and a host of other medals on his right, including a general service medal for service in Palestine.
I asked him when did he serve ion Palestine, thinking we might be able to converse on a subject of mutual interest.
He told me that the GSM belonged to his father who had died and the others were purchased and worn in his memory.
Last night I watched the television showing the Pakistani president wearing 36 various medals and it reminded me of the number of British men and occasionally women wearing them like a display of peacock feathers.
It would be interesting to know what the true veterans think of this.
Should they wear bought decorations alongside earned decorations
WEARING OF OTHER PEOPLE’S MEDALS
One of the most popular enquiries is -
“Is it okay to wear my fathers medals and if so how can I wear them?”
There is no absolute official answer.
General understanding concerning remembrance day is that the left breast is for your own medals and the right breast is for the medals of family members who are either passed on or unable to parade.
Pretending somebody else’s medals are yours is a different matter.
They always get caught out eventually. There’s always someone or something they should know which they don’t.
I remember an Asian man trying to convince me that he was a para in the Falklands-
“How did you go into action in the Falklands?”
“Uh! By parachute of course!”
Enough said.
ARTHUR’S VIEW
I REALLY MUST STOP EATING THESE WILD MUSHROOMS!