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Canadian Medals Chart – Department of National Defence (archived version) Canadian Forces Administrative Order 18-4 Recommendations for Canadian Orders, Decorations and Military Honours v
The full membership of the Order of Canada and Order of Military Merit, as well as all winners of Canadian bravery decorations will typically also receive commemorative medals automatically, while for members of the Canadian Forces, merit with length of service and prestige of current appointment is considered. [90]
Canadian campaign medals (11 P) R. Recipients of Canadian military awards and decorations (6 C) Pages in category "Military awards and decorations of Canada"
The clasp is tombac and is 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm) high, has the Canadian coat of arms in the centre surmounted by a crown, and is gold in colour. This is indicated on the undress ribbon by a rosette. [1] Recipients of the Canadian Forces Decoration are entitled to use the post nominal letters "CD". This post-nominal is not affected by the ...
Note: The honour of "the right of the line" (precedence over other units), on an army parade, is held by the units of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA) when on parade with their guns. On dismounted parades, RCHA units take precedence over all other land force units except formed bodies of officer cadets of the Royal Military College ...
The ribbons of the General Service Medals are 32 millimetres (1.3 in) wide and the colors vary, depending on the mission. All of the ribbons have an 18 millimetres (0.71 in) central stripe of red with 2 millimetres (0.079 in) edges of white, the 5 millimetres (0.20 in) edges of the ribbon are the stripes that vary.
The ribbon is white and bordered in red stripes, similar to the Canadian national flag. The ribbon bar for each grade has the same ribbon and is differentiated by a maple leaf in the centre, the colour of which matches that on the badge of the related grade (red for Companion, gold for Officer and silver for Member).
The following are the rank insignia for non-commissioned members for the navy, army and air force respectively. NCM rank insignia for the rank of petty officer 1st class/warrant officer and above are worn on the lower sleeve, while those for the rank of petty officer 2nd class/sergeant and below are worn on the upper sleeve. The Royal Canadian Navy has directed its personnel to use the English ...