Special Service Medal - Domestic Operations Bar

[eliminator]

And changes to medal court mounting length....

Court Mountings.
Court mounting shall be used. The length from the top of the medal bar suspender to the bottom edge of the medal shall be 9 cm. In rare cases where a recipient has an especially long insignia (i.e. a foreign award), expansion up to 9.5 cm will be permitted. The ribbons and medals shall be mounted on a panel, its size being determined by the number of ribbons worn. The lower edge of the panel shall be in line with the centre of the medals. Commencing from the lower edge, each ribbon runs up the front of the panel to the top and back down to the medal. The medals shall then be stitched to the panel to prevent them from swinging. This method prevents medals from clinking against each other.

NOTE
Members who fall under the old 10 cm policy do not have to modify their medals mounting. It should be only done by attrition/new mounting.

 

[Kilted]

And changes to medal court mounting length....

Court Mountings.
Court mounting shall be used. The length from the top of the medal bar suspender to the bottom edge of the medal shall be 9 cm. In rare cases where a recipient has an especially long insignia (i.e. a foreign award), expansion up to 9.5 cm will be permitted. The ribbons and medals shall be mounted on a panel, its size being determined by the number of ribbons worn. The lower edge of the panel shall be in line with the centre of the medals. Commencing from the lower edge, each ribbon runs up the front of the panel to the top and back down to the medal. The medals shall then be stitched to the panel to prevent them from swinging. This method prevents medals from clinking against each other.

NOTE
Members who fall under the old 10 cm policy do not have to modify their medals mounting. It should be only done by attrition/new mounting.

Why are we making medals shorter?

 

[dimsum]

In less interesting news, CAF members can now wear up to 4 ribbons per row...similar to the Brits and 'pre-CAF' CF.

METHOD OF WEARING UNDRESS RIBBONS​

(see Figure 4-4)

1. General
   1. Undress ribbons of orders, decorations and medals may be sewn, but shall normally be placed on a detachable ribbon bar and pinned, on the left breast of the service dress jacket, and on Nos. 2B, 3B and 3D orders of dress. Ribbons shall be worn in order of precedence from right to left of the wearer, with the senior ribbon closest to the centre of the chest on the top or only row. Where a single ribbon constitutes a row, it shall be worn centred above a lower row, or when worn as a single ribbon, centred on the garment as detailed in paragraph 13.
   2. Ribbon rows shall not be worn more than 0.3 cm apart.
   3. The number of ribbons worn in a single row is governed by the physique of the individual and the type of garment being worn. The grouping, however, shall respect the following conditions:
      1. ribbons shall not be fully obscured by the lapel of the garment;
      2. a maximum of four ribbons may be worn in a single row on authorized service dress jackets;
      3. up to four ribbons may be worn in a single row on short-sleeved shirts;
      4. where four ribbons cannot be worn in a single row without one becoming fully obscured, ribbons shall be worn in two rows, with three ribbons on the bottom and the senior ribbon centred above;
      5. ribbons shall not be arranged in more rows than are necessary to comply with these instructions;
      6. where more than one row of ribbons is worn, no row shall contain fewer ribbons than the row above;
      7. when more than one row of ribbons is worn, a single ribbon shall not be worn as a lower row;
      8. succeeding rows shall, without fully obscuring any ribbon, be centred above the lower row;
      9. when there is such a significant number of ribbons that centering the two ribbons above or the single ribbon above a full row causes the ribbons to be obscured by the lapel, then the ribbons may be left justified as appropriate; and
      10. standard arrangements of ribbons by row(s) are illustrated in Figure 4-5.

Dress instructions | Chapter 4 Orders, decorations, medals and other honours - Canada.ca

Canadian Armed Forces Dress Instructions

www.canada.ca

I’m assuming those new longer ribbon bars would be available sometime soon…?

 

[PuckChaser]

I’m assuming those new longer ribbon bars would be available sometime soon…?

Your local Sig Sqn/Regt kit shop is selling them.

 

[dimsum]

Your local Sig Sqn/Regt kit shop is selling them.

 

[Kilted]

Why are we making medals shorter?

I did the research to answear my own question. The British Army requires them to be 88.9mm long.

 

[dimsum]

I did the research to answear my own question. The British Army requires them to be 88.9mm long.

sure, but that doesn’t mean that we have to match that length.

 

[eliminator]

Why are we making medals shorter?

Legend has it that someone in Ottawa converted imperial to metric length incorrectly many moons ago....3.5" is closer to 9cm than 10cm.

There is another rumour that mentions that the RCAF imposed longer court mounting length to account for the DFC and ACF size. Somehow that became the standard.

 

[Kilted]

sure, but that doesn’t mean that we have to match that length.

Well, we are matching their ribbon standards at the same time.