Medals - The order of wear

Were often asked by those with multiple medals about the order in which they should be worn in public. So, shown below is the official sequence. Quite simply start with the medal highest on the list and place this first in the sequence (closest to the centre of the chest), then move down the list to the next medal and place this second, and so on

#1:Extreme Gallantry Medals

• Victoria Cross

• George Cross

#2: British Orders

Order of the Garter

• Order of the Thistle
• Order of St Patrick
• Order of the Bath
• Order of Merit
• Order of the Star of India
• Order of St Michael and St George
• Order of the Indian Empire
• Order of the Crown of India
• Royal Victorian Order (Classes I, II and III)
• Order of the British Empire (Classes I, II and III)
• Order of the Companions of Honour
• Distinguished Service Order
• Royal Victorian Order (Class IV)
• Order of the British Empire (Class IV)
• Imperial Service Order
• Royal Victorian Order (Class V)
• Order of the British Empire (Class V)

#3: Decorations

• Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
• Royal Red Cross (Class I)
• Distinguished Service Cross
• Military Cross
• Distinguished Flying Cross
• Air Force Cross
• Royal Red Cross (Class II)
• Order of British India
• Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
• Order of St John

#4: Medals for Gallantry and Distinguished Conduct

• Union of South Africa Queen's Medal for Bravery (Gold)
• Distinguished Conduct Medal
• Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
• Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying)
• George Medal
• Queen's Police Medal, for Gallantry
• Queen's Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry
• Royal West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal
• King's African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal
• Indian Distinguished Service Medal
• Union of South Africa Queen's Medal for Bravery (Silver)
• Distinguished Service Medal
• Military Medal
• Distinguished Flying Medal
• Air Force Medal
• Constabulary Medal (Ireland)
• Medal for Saving Life at Sea (Sea Gallantry Medal)
• Indian Order of Merit (Civil)
• Indian Police Medal for Gallantry
• Ceylon Police Medal for Gallantry
• Sierra Leone Police Medal for Gallantry
• Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal for Gallantry
• Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry
• Queen's Gallantry Medal
• Royal Victorian Medal (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
• British Empire Medal
• Canada Medal
• Queen's Police Medal, for Distinguished Service
• Queen's Fire Service Medal, for Distinguished Service
• Queen's Volunteer Reserves Medal
• Queen's Medal for Chiefs

#5: Polar Medals

• Show in order of date

#6: Police Medals for Valuable Service

• Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service
• Ceylon Police Medal for Merit
• Sierra Leone Police Medal for Meritorious Service
• Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal for Meritorious Service
• Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service vii

#7: Jubilee, Coronation and Durbar Medals

• Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
• Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1887
• Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1897 (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
• Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1897
• Queen Victoria's Commemoration Medal, 1900 (Ireland)
• King Edward VII's Coronation Medal, 1902
• King Edward VII's Police Coronation Medal, 1902
• King Edward VII's Durbar Medal, 1903 (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
• King Edward VII's Police Medal, 1903 (Scotland)
• King's Visit Commemoration Medal, 1903 (Ireland)
• King George V's Coronation Medal, 1911
• King George V's Police Coronation Medal, 1911
• King's Visit Commemoration Medal, 1911 (Ireland)
• King George V's Durbar Medal, 1911 (Gold, viii Silver and Bronze)
• King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935
• King George VI's Coronation Medal, 1937
• Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal, 1953
• Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977
• Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002
• King George V's Long and Faithful Service Medal
• King George VI's Long and Faithful Service Medal
• Queen Elizabeth II's Long and Faithful Service Medal

#8: Efficiency and Long Service Decorations and Medals

• Meritorious Service Medal
• Accumulated Campaign Service Medal
• Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military)
• Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Medal for Meritorious Service (Royal Navy 1918-1928)
• Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Indian Meritorious Service Medal ix
• Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal (1849-1947)
• Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (1918-1928)
• Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Ulster Defence Regiment)
• Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal West African Frontier Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• King's African Rifles Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Indian Meritorious Service Medal x
• Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• African Police Medal for Meritorious Service
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal
• Ceylon Police Long Service Medal
• Ceylon Fire Services Long Service Medal
• Sierra Leone Police Long Service Medal
• Colonial Police Long Service Medal
• Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Long Service Medal
• Mauritius Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Mauritius Fire Services Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Mauritius Prisons Service Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal
• Colonial Prison Service Medal
• Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal
• Army Emergency Reserve Decoration
• Volunteer Officers' Decoration
• Volunteer Long Service Medal
• Volunteer Officers' Decoration (for India and the Colonies)
• Volunteer Long Service Medal (for India and the Colonies)
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal
• Medal for Good Shooting (Naval)
• Militia Long Service Medal
• Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal
• Territorial Decoration
• Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal
• Efficiency Decoration
• Territorial Efficiency Medal
• Efficiency Medal
• Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve
• Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
• Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Medal
• Air Efficiency Award
• Volunteer Reserves Service Medal
• Ulster Defence Regiment Medal
• Northern Ireland Home Service Medal
• Queen's Medal (for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines)
• Queen's Medal (for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces)
• Queen's Medal (for Champion Shots in the Military Forces)
• Queen's Medal (for Champion Shots of the Air Forces)
• Cadet Forces Medal
• Coastguard Auxiliary Service Long Service Medal xi
• Special Constabulary Long Service Medal
• Canadian Forces Decoration
• Royal Observer Corps Medal
• Civil Defence Long Service Medal
• Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
• Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal
• Rhodesia Medal
• Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal
• Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal
• Union of South Africa Commemoration Medal
• Indian Independence Medal
• Pakistan Medal
• Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal
• Ceylon Police Independence Medal (1948)
• Sierra Leone Independence Medal
• Jamaica Independence Medal
• Uganda Independence Medal
• Malawi Independence Medal
• Fiji Independence Medal
• Papua New Guinea Independence Medal
• Solomon Islands Independence Medal
• Service Medal of the Order of St. John
• Badge of the Order of the League of Mercy xii
• Voluntary Medical Service Medal
• Women's Royal Voluntary Service Medal
• South African Medal for War Services
• Colonial Special Constabulary Medal