Wessel Gordon Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 As I mentioned on several other threads on this forum I have medal collections from South Africa, UK and the US, We are in the process of moving and once the dust settles I want to mount each collection according to the relevant military specifications. In the case of South African medals I have been very reliable informed that full-size medals should be mounted in such a way that the total distance from the top of the ribbon to the bottom of the medal itself is exactly 10 centimeters while with miniatures it is 5 centimeters. The effect then is that the top of all the ribbons and bottom of the medals forms a level horizontal line. Does anyone perhaps know what the prescribed length of the ''drop'' is for British medals, both full size and miniatures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 You could try here https://www.mycollectors.co.uk/content/medals/Medals-Wearing-Mounting.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessel Gordon Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Alex, Thanks for the link. If I understand correctly there's no stipulated length (since, as the site mentioned) ribbons of various medals vary in length. The over-riding concern seems to be that the top of the ribbons and the bottom of the medals should both form a straight horizontal line and if the ribbons are a few millimeters longer than usual the soldier/veteran involved isn't going to get court-martialled for sloppiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 (edited) To be honest I vaguely remember seeing and reading somewhere that medal ribbons for the navy are generally longer than for the army, other details you mention being correct, a figure of 4 inches (10cm) length for navy seems to ring a bell, can't for the life of me remember where I saw it, though, I'll have a good root around on my hard-drive just in-case I kept it regards Alex edit found this, part extract army regulations 2012 Edited August 2, 2019 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessel Gordon Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 Alex, Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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