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The British Armed Forces recognises service and personal accomplishments of individuals while a member of the Royal Navy, British Army or Royal Air Force with the awarding of various awards and decorations.
Together with rank and qualification badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a serviceperson's career.
Order of wear
All services use a common order of wear, in accordance with the 2019 order of wear:
The Victoria Cross and the George Cross
United Kingdom Orders
United Kingdom Decorations
Order of St John (all classes)
United Kingdom Medals for Gallantry and for Distinguished Service
United Kingdom Campaign and Operational Service Medals (including authorised United Nations medals and medals of other recognised international organisations). Worn in order of date of award
United Kingdom Polar Medals
United Kingdom Police Medals for Valuable Service
United Kingdom Jubilee, Coronation and Durbar Medals
Long Service and Efficiency Awards
Commonwealth Orders, Decorations and Medals instituted by the Sovereign. Worn in order of date of award.
Commonwealth Orders, Decorations and Medals instituted since 1949 otherwise than by the Sovereign (including those of the States of Malaysia and the State of Brunei). Worn in order of date of award.
Foreign Orders. If approved for wear, worn in order of date of award.
Foreign Decorations. If approved for wear, worn in order of date of award.
Foreign Medals. If approved for wear, worn in order of date of award.
Jubilee, Coronation and Durbar medals were worn before campaign medals until November 1918, after which the order of wear was changed, with them now worn after campaign medals and before long service awards.
British military medals and ribbons
= Military orders and decorations
=Note [1] Eligibility period start dates reflect respective establishment dates, except where available evidence indicates otherwise.
= Military campaign medals
=Notes:
= Coronation, Jubilee and Durbar medals
== Efficiency and long service decorations and medals
== National independence medals
=Foreign and international
= International campaign medals
=Worn with other United Kingdom campaign medals in order of date of issue (except where noted otherwise).
= Commonwealth orders
=Worn after all United Kingdom awards (including international awards treated as United Kingdom awards). Honorary awards are worn before substantive awards.
= Commonwealth decorations
=Worn after all Commonwealth orders.
= Commonwealth campaign and commemorative medals
=Worn after all Commonwealth decorations.
= Foreign orders
=Worn after all Commonwealth awards.
= Foreign decorations
=Worn after all foreign orders.
= Foreign campaign and commemorative medals
=Worn after all foreign decorations.
= Campaign medals authorised for acceptance but not for official wear
=Official permission has been granted for these medals to be accepted, but they are not authorised for wear.
= Campaign medals not authorised for acceptance or official wear
=Official permission has been refused for these medals to be accepted and they are not authorised for wear.
Devices
See also
Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
British campaign medals
List of military decorations
State decoration
References
= Footnotes
== Bibliography
=Duckers, Peter (2008) [2000]. British Campaign Medals 1815–1914. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0465-9. OCLC 44397385.
—— (2008) [2001]. British Campaign Medals 1914–2005. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0649-3. OCLC 72145103.
—— (2010) [2001]. British Gallantry Awards 1815–2000. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0516-8. OCLC 248128466.
—— (2009) [2004]. British Orders and Decorations. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0580-9. OCLC 55587484.
—— (2006) [2005]. The Victoria Cross. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0635-6. OCLC 61302377.
Honours and Appointments Secretariat (c. 2004). Order of Wear (PDF). London: UK Honours and Appointments Secretariat. Archived from the original (Adobe Acrobat) on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
London Gazette (7 April 2009). Dates for the Introduction of Medals as shown by the Royal Warrants Published in the London Gazette (Microsoft Word). London: London Gazette. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
Martin, Stanley (2007). The Order of Merit: One Hundred Years of Matchless Honour. New York: I.B. Tauris & Co. ISBN 978-1-86064-848-9. OCLC 50527777. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
Ministry of Defence (October 2016). JSP761 – Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces (Adobe Acrobat) (5th ed.). London: UK Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
Tinson, Ashley R. (1995) [1977]. Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Sultanate of Oman. London: Spink. ISBN 0-907605-59-1. OCLC 5616224.
External links
UK Ministry of Defence Medals Office
UK Ministry of Defence Medals Office – British Armed Forces Medals: Decorations, campaign medals and other awards awarded 'On Her Majesty's Service'
The UK Honours System
Cabinet Office Ceremonial Secretariat website
London Gazette website Archived 20 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Crown Honours, Debretts, c. 2004, retrieved 23 May 2010
Medals of the World – United Kingdom Medals
War Medals and Their History Detailed historical information on British military and naval awards from the Spanish Armada to World War I
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