DA PAM 670-1: 22-8. Miniature decorations and service medals

22-8. Miniature decorations and service medals

a. Where worn. All personnel may wear miniature decorations and service medals on the Army blue and white

mess uniform jacket. Only the dress miniature combat and special skill badges and miniature metal tab replicas are

worn with miniature medals (see para 22–16c for wear of miniature combat and special skill badges and miniature

metal tab replicas).

b. How worn. Miniature decorations and service medals are worn in the order of precedence from the wearer’s

right to left, in one or more rows. No more than four miniature medals are worn in any one row. Soldiers will not start

a second row unless they are authorized to wear four or more miniature medals. Miniature medals are worn side by

side and may be overlapped. If the miniature medals are overlapped, the overlap will not exceed 50-percent and will

be equal for all miniature medals. The maximum length of holding bars for miniature medals is 2 –3/4 inches. When

more than one row of miniature medals are worn, the second and subsequent rows are positioned so that the medal

pendants on the row below are visible. The first and second rows will contain the same number of miniature medals

(three or four) before starting a third row. Second and subsequent rows will either contain the same number of minia-

ture medals or less than the row below. The top row of miniature medals is centered over the row immediately below.

U.S. and foreign unit award emblems are not worn with miniature medals. Personnel may adjust the placement of the

miniature medals to accommodate wearing dress miniature badges. Miniature medals are worn as follows:

(1) Male personnel. On the Army blue and white mess uniform jacket, male Soldiers wear miniature medals cen-

tered on the left lapel approximately 1/2 inch below the notch, not to extend beyond the edge of the lapel (see fig

22–9).

(2) Female personnel. On the Army blue mess uniform jacket and the new version of the white mess uniform

jacket, female Soldiers wear miniature medals centered on the left lapel approximately 1/2 inch below the notch, not

to extend beyond the edge of the lapel. On the old version of the white mess uniform jacket, female Soldiers wear

miniature medals centered on the left side of the jacket (not on the lapels) and in a similar position to where ribbons

are worn on the service/dress uniform (see fig 22–10). Female Soldiers may adjust placement of the medals to conform

to differences in individual body shape.