Are you awarded an award or medal? Then you will usually receive a large model medal and a baton. In some cases you will also receive a small model award and/or a badge. Are you interested in having your large model medals formatted?
How do you wear the large model of your medal or award?
Wearing awards and medals and making them up is not optional. Special rules apply to this. We know them better than anyone. The most important rule? The most important award, medal or decoration is worn closest to your heart. Would you like to read the rules yourself? You can! You can find them in the Order of Wearing Awards of the Chancellor of the Dutch Orders.
The Decree makes a distinction between the way civilians and military personnel wear their awards and medals. As a civilian, you wear the large model on the left chest, hanging from the ribbon. Ladies wear the large model on the left shoulder, hanging from a bow of the decoration ribbon. Military personnel wear the large model decorated in military style on the left chest. The large model is attached to the ribbon.
Wearing multiple large model medals or awards?
Are you allowed to wear multiple large model awards? Then you must have them formatted on a decoration plate. This must be in the correct order. You wear the most important award closest to your heart. You may only wear one row of large model awards, no matter how many awards or medals there are.
Interested or have any questions?
Do you have any questions about the rules of wearing and decorating your large model awards or medals? Or would you like advice about this?
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