Mess Dress Medals Placement

Enlisted personnel will bend their elbow 90 degrees and place the 4 inch sleeve chevron halfway between shoulder seam and elbow.

Mess dress medals placement.

Officers place shoulder boards on the shoulder seam of the jacket. Finish the mess dress uniform with matching cuff links and studs. Medals medal bars medal mounting according to the mod instructions if you have 5 or more full size medals the medals may be overlapped. Only miniature size duty or miscellaneous badges will be worn on mess dress uniform missile badge is centered 1 2 inch below bottom row of medals on wearer s left excellence in competition badge is worn centered 1 2 inch below medals on wearer s left command insignia.

The commander s insignia is worn on the wearer s right side. Miniature medals are worn centered on the left lapel approximately 1 2 inch below the notch of the mess and evening mess uniforms and will not extend beyond the edge of the lapel. For instance miniature medal placement on the air force mess dress is centered between arm seam lapel and midway between top shoulder seam and top button of jacket. Many perfer this to the full sized rack that can easily weigh you down.

Personnel may adjust placement of the medals to accommodate the wear of dress miniature badges see fig 29 7 below. Please mention if you don t want us to overlap them under the delivery instructions at the checkout and please don t send your rosettes except falklands medal rosette they go on your ribbon bar. The highest awarded medal the medal of honor is worn around the neck.