12/14/2024
Changes to Canadian Armed Forces Medal Court Mounting
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.
Ribbon bars
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:
ribbons shall not be fully obscured by the lapel of the garment;
a maximum of four ribbons may be worn in a single row on authorized service dress jackets;
up to four ribbons may be worn in a single row on short-sleeved shirts;
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;
ribbons shall not be arranged in more rows than are necessary to comply with these instructions;
where more than one row of ribbons is worn, no row shall contain fewer ribbons than the row above;
when more than one row of ribbons is worn, a single ribbon shall not be worn as a lower row;
succeeding rows shall, without fully obscuring any ribbon, be centred above the lower row;
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
where more than one row of ribbons is worn, no row shall contain fewer ribbons than the row above;
when more than one row of ribbons is worn, a single ribbon shall not be worn as a lower row;
succeeding rows shall, without fully obscuring any ribbon, be centered above the lower row;
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
