Guidelines for wearing
decorations by soldiers
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IDF General Staff regulations 33.0611
and 33.0811 prescribe
the order of wearing decorations by soldiers. Many of the rules are
similar to those for civilians
and published by the Ministry of Defense.
Medals
Wearing the ribbon of the
decorations (Medal of Valor, Medal of Courage, Medal of Distinguished
Service) is allowed at all times, however the medal may only be worn on the
following occasions:
- Independence Day
- Remembrance Day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers
- State ceremonies, military parades and IDF shows
- Other occasions as determined by the Minister of
Defense
Ribbons
Decorations and ribbons shall only
be worn on appropriate uniforms, not on Class B uniforms etc, except for
reserve soldiers who may wear ribbons also on Class B uniforms.
A soldier is obliged to wear the
campaign ribbons that were awarded to him.
Ribbons should be worn above the
left chest pocket or on the parallel place for a dress without such a
pocket.
The
ribbons shall be combined into rows, in declining order or priority from
left to right, provided that there are no more than 2 ribbons per
row*. In case of an uneven number of ribbons, a single ribbon shall be
mounted in the middle of the top 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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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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Campaign Ribbons, from left to
right: War of Independence, Sinai Campaign, Six Day War, War of
Attrition, Yom Kippur War, "Peace For Galilee" War,
Lebanon Security Zone, Second Lebanon
War, Operation Protective Edge
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Service Ribbons for acts before
the Independence of Israel.
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Decorations of foreign countries,
after permission is granted by the IDF personnel department. |
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Samples: |
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The correct order of
the ribbons War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War,
"Peace For Galilee" War, Second Lebanon War |
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The correct order of
the ribbons Six Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War and "Peace For Galilee" War |
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The correct order of the ribbons War of Attrition,
Yom Kippur War and "Peace For Galilee" War
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Badges
Badges such as:
- President's Award for Outstanding Soldiers
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Israel Security Award
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Operational Service badge
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Palmach badge
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Jewish Brigade badge
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Badge of
Jerusalem
should be worn on the right side of the
uniform, so not at the side of the ribbons |
Sample of correct wearing: |
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Ribbons on the left chest
side, Operational Service badge on the right side
(Major General Shlomo Yanai, chief of
the Southern Command)
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Source Rules: IDF site (Hebrew)
Source ribbon pictures: www.zahal.org |
* This limitation of 2 ribbons per row is probably
of the last few years.
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New -
automatic arrangement of ribbons -
a rackbuilder |