UNIFORM REGULATIONS - U.S. Coast Guard

COMDTINST M1020.6G
When In: Wear: How:
Full Dress Blue
Full Dress White
Full size medals –
Wear all
authorized
medals.
Ribbons without
corresponding
medals.
Place lowest medal bar centered ¼ inch above the
left pocket flap or equivalent location with the
suspension ribbon and medal partially covering the
pocket flap.
Order by precedence from top down, and from the
wearer's right (inboard) to left (outboard).
When wearing six or fewer large medals, wear
them in rows of three with no overlap (members
who have had 5 medals professionally mounted so
that 5 medals are overlapped in a row may
continue to wear them in this manner until another
medal is received).
When wearing more than six large medals, wear
no more than five per row, evenly overlapped.
The right (inboard) medal will show in full.
Medals may be offset to the left and the number
per row may be modified to avoid covering by the
lapel. Each upper row will have the same or fewer
medals than the row below.
The medal bar will be 4 1/8 inches wide. Each
medal will be 3 ¼ inches long from the top of the
ribbons to the bottom of the medal. The bottoms of
the medals dress in a horizontal line. Upper rows
of medals will be mounted so the medals cover the
suspension ribbons of the medals below.
Worn centered ¼ inch above the right pocket flap
or equivalent location. Ribbons will be ordered by
precedence from top down, and from the wearer's
left (inboard) to right (outboard). Attachments,
such as stars, letters, etc., are also worn from the
wearer’s left (inboard) to right (outboard).
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