We'd like to use analytics cookies to understand which symbols people look up, so we know what to research next. They are not used for advertising and we set none of them unless you say yes. What we store.
A row of short ribbon lengths worn in place of the medals themselves.
Also known as: Medal ribbons, Rows of coloured stripes on a uniform
The undress form of a medal group: just the ribbons, mounted flat on a bar. Worn on service dress where full medals would be impractical, and readable to anyone who knows the patterns — which is the point of fixing ribbon designs by regulation.
A row of rectangular ribbon sections, each in the pattern of an award the wearer holds, mounted flat and worn on the left breast in place of the medals.
Contexts: History
Arranged in the same order of precedence as the full medals, so a ribbon bar carries exactly the information a medal group does in a fraction of the space.
Devices pinned onto a ribbon bar — stars, oak leaves, numerals, clasps — modify the award beneath them and are read together with it rather than as separate awards.
One or more rows of small rectangles of patterned ribbon, each striped in a distinct arrangement of colours, mounted flat side by side.
The ribbon bar is the undress form of the same group.
Service stars are worn on the ribbon bar as well as on the full medal's ribbon.