Guidelines for wearing
decorations by civilians
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At August 28, 2002 the Government of
Israel determined the order of wearing decorations, medals and
ribbons by civilians. Civilians entitled to these symbols, may wear them
during remembrance days, official ceremonies and meetings of the relevant
organizations.
The insignia should be worn above
the left chest pocket or on the parallel place for a dress without such a pocket. The insignia are to be worn in rows, while the order of the
insignia within every row is the chronological
order of the acts or services for which the insignia were awarded, with
exception of the highest awards (Israel Security Award, the Medals of
Valor, Courage and Distinguished Service and the 4 types of citations).
In no case more than 3 ribbons
or decorations shall be worn in one row. |
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Rows from top to bottom: |
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Remark: "Left" and "right" are here as seen
standing opposite the person, Left=center of chest |
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Israel Security Award
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from left to right: Medal of
Valor, Medal of Courage, Medal of Distinguished Service
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from left to right: Chief Of
Staff Citation, Territorial Commander Citation,
Divisional Commander Citation
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Israel Security Award insignia, the
Medals of Valor, Courage and Distinguished
Service and the 3 types of citations may be combined into one or two
rows, in declining order or priority from left to right, provided that there are no more than 3
insignia per row. If there are 4 such insignia they shall be worn in
2 rows. The top row displays the insignia with the highest priority.
A citation awarded for an act during a campaign
shall be mounted on
the relevant campaign ribbon and will not be worn in the row of
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Campaign Ribbons, from left to
right: War of Independence, Sinai Campaign, Six Day War, War of
Attrition, Yom Kippur War, "Peace For Galilee" War, Second Lebanon
War
If need be the ribbons shall be mounted in two rows, the first
campaign ribbon in the lower row.
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Service Ribbons for acts before
the Independence of Israel, from left to
right: Hashomer, Nili, Volunteers, Hagana, Mishmar, Etzel, Fighters
against Nazis, Lehi.
If need be the ribbons shall be mounted in two or three rows, the
first service ribbon in the lower row.
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Operational service and unit
insignia, from left to right: Decoration of State Warriors, Mandate
Prisoners Decoration, Operational Service badge and other insignia
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Medals and decorations of foreign
countries, from left to right and top to bottom: war medals,
decorations |
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Scheme of order of mounting
decorations and ribbons for civilians |
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Samples: |
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The correct order of
the ribbons War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War and "Peace For Galilee" War,
Second Lebanon War |
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the ribbons Six Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War and "Peace For Galilee" War |
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Two correct orders of the ribbons War of Attrition,
Yom Kippur War and "Peace For Galilee" War
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automatic arrangement of ribbons -
a rackbuilder |
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Source rules: Israel Ministry of Defense
(Hebrew)
Source ribbon pictures: www.zahal.org |
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